LED lights
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:25 pm
This from Peter Hills this morning. Peter has converted his 1929 Minor tourer to LED lights. He lives in Putney, London and the Minor is his only car, so good lights are definitely required!
"For £100 I replaced all bulbs on my Minor with LEDs from Peter Jury of http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com info@dynamoregulatorconversions.com. Peter knows his stuff and provides an excellent service.
I fitted bulbs to the main head lamps, Side Lights, Rear lights Ignition lamp and Map Reading lamp above the instrument panel. All were single element but now I am planning to fit indicators and brake lights I should have got the dual element LEDs. Perhaps I should have also got the dual LED for main beams so I can dip or ‘flash’ my lights! I recently acquired a M8 horn/dip/indicator control arm. Primarily as I felt it awkward to sound the horn on the button low down the steering column.
At the recent Moreg Thoresby meet we won 2nd Prize (in 1992 won 1st) same car now with 6,400 miles on it! I saw a Minor with hinged indicator lights that I thought an excellent idea so will pursue sourcing and fitting them. I have seen some motor cycles and trucks with lights on rubber storks which would be perfect for hideaway lamps.
Those who used Semaphore Trafficators Arms, Peter Jury sells replacement bulbs that flash automatically. I suspect he also supplies the same for larger turn indicating lights obviating the need for a flasher unit.
Fitting the LEDs was easy but note in some LEDs the other case is not earthed. Instead there is a separate terminal and you may need to run an earth wire.
Frankly it is a no brainer fitting LEDs. Before, with tungsten bulbs and all switched on, my ammeter was hard negative, perhaps drawing 15+ amps. Now, there is hardly a flicker on the ammeter but the great effect is that the light output is like a modern vehicle and now I can drive during the day with lights on as a safety measure to others that a vintage Morris Minor is raging about!"
"For £100 I replaced all bulbs on my Minor with LEDs from Peter Jury of http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com info@dynamoregulatorconversions.com. Peter knows his stuff and provides an excellent service.
I fitted bulbs to the main head lamps, Side Lights, Rear lights Ignition lamp and Map Reading lamp above the instrument panel. All were single element but now I am planning to fit indicators and brake lights I should have got the dual element LEDs. Perhaps I should have also got the dual LED for main beams so I can dip or ‘flash’ my lights! I recently acquired a M8 horn/dip/indicator control arm. Primarily as I felt it awkward to sound the horn on the button low down the steering column.
At the recent Moreg Thoresby meet we won 2nd Prize (in 1992 won 1st) same car now with 6,400 miles on it! I saw a Minor with hinged indicator lights that I thought an excellent idea so will pursue sourcing and fitting them. I have seen some motor cycles and trucks with lights on rubber storks which would be perfect for hideaway lamps.
Those who used Semaphore Trafficators Arms, Peter Jury sells replacement bulbs that flash automatically. I suspect he also supplies the same for larger turn indicating lights obviating the need for a flasher unit.
Fitting the LEDs was easy but note in some LEDs the other case is not earthed. Instead there is a separate terminal and you may need to run an earth wire.
Frankly it is a no brainer fitting LEDs. Before, with tungsten bulbs and all switched on, my ammeter was hard negative, perhaps drawing 15+ amps. Now, there is hardly a flicker on the ammeter but the great effect is that the light output is like a modern vehicle and now I can drive during the day with lights on as a safety measure to others that a vintage Morris Minor is raging about!"