My Homemade LED Puddle Lights

[iAutom8]

Like I said, a single relay in the kick panel would easily fix it.

 

Thanks for you reply but I am unclear as to what type of relay you are referring to.

 

I have been away for a while and want to get back to these.

 

Thanks again

[iAutom8]

As Dingo said, it is the driver and due to the ramping up and down of the voltage during the dimming cycle. I would suggest that you bench test your puds before you install them to make sure your LED and controller do not generate too much heat inside the pud housing. Not sure that the 1 watt LED will generate too much heat, but your controller might in combinatation with your LED. I have experimented with higher wattage LEDs in my plug and play LED puddle lights. A couple of LEDs I have tried got too hot causing the LED to fail. Granted, the puds usually only stay on for a minute or so during normal operation, but if the doors are left open, for whatever reason, the puds could remain on for 15 minutes or more until the battery saver in the vehicle automatically turns them off. And since my LED puds come with a very long warranty (as long as the customer owns the vehicle), I'm afraid that the accumulative heat effect over time will shorten the life of the lamp.

 

Thanks for your response. The heat is not an issue. They do get that hot for the amount of time they are on. I am going to try this weekend by removing the driver. A simple resistor will do.

 

Thanks again and have a great weekend!