Led Numberplate bulbs

[holliedynamique]

Does anyone else have any issues with there's flickering and then dying?
I have replaced them 3 times now but the one on the right always plays up and starts flickering never the left one, trouble is I can't fit the original bulbs back in no more as they fall out as if the pins have been stretched, any help or ideas of how to get the originals bck in would b great

 

[Daveyb133]

they will be flickering because of a loose connection. i could put my original bulb back in for MOT after taking my LEDs out with no issues. try closing the gaps and see what happens!

 

[holliedynamique]

Okay thank u I'll take them out all together and try and push the pins together to grip onto the original bulb

 

[singlespeed]

My interior light started flashing recently, so I removed it and checked the connections a few times before condeming it to the scrap. After looking around the car to check the other bulbs, both number plate lights were flashing away too. Halfords was on the way home so I changed them out whilst in the carpark with some Ring white LED bulbs which were rather expensive compared to the 50p ones previously fitted....

Then I had a police car follow me half way home, so I was glad I changed them.


Edit:-These ones are now fitted
https://www.ringautomotive.co.uk/product_detail.asp?prod=666

 

[Karl]

It is the bulb you buy if you get cheap ones i wouldnt expect them to last my leds in mine have been in the car about a year now and not a issue all work spot on

 

[holliedynamique]

They were from halfords the ring ones above paid 10.99 for two but took them back and they changed the faulty one, i think I fixed the problem though as the pin had bent away from the connection fingers crossed they work now if not I think I'll get the some other brand
Thanks guys

 

[matbry01]

Get ones from Karl there spot on !!!!!

 

[singlespeed]

They were from halfords the ring ones above paid 10.99 for two but took them back and they changed the faulty one, i think I fixed the problem though as the pin had bent away from the connection fingers crossed they work now if not I think I'll get the some other brand
Thanks guys

Hmmm, that doesn't sound promising for the long term life of these. Glad I kept the receipt :?

 

[BlackTwingo-i]

I got the ones from Karl that are the 6led bulbs.. I got 3, interior and 2 numberplate.. The interior one seems to stay on very faintly when the switch is in the middle, one of the numberplate lights was flickering, not all the time but sometimes, so I swapped them over and the same one was flickering on the other side, + they are in the right way, won't work the other way, and the connections look fine, but I'm happy with the brightness and colour when they work

 

[matbry01]

I got the ones from Karl that are the 6led bulbs.. I got 3, interior and 2 numberplate.. The interior one seems to stay on very faintly when the switch is in the middle, one of the numberplate lights was flickering, not all the time but sometimes, so I swapped them over and the same one was flickering on the other side, + they are in the right way, won't work the other way, and the connections look fine, but I'm happy with the brightness and colour when they work

5led to be presise Saying that that was the old set he was selling he has newer ones now what I have and it doesn't stay on faintly if the switch is set to middle.
All it is is the strand of wire comeing out the bottom either move it on the angle so as it comes round bend it to the side (like this / ) or bend the top bit round on itself as in doubling itself up (like this ^ ).

 

[madmatt]

The interior one seems to stay on very faintly when the switch is in the middle,

I was wondering if this was just me!
I fitted a Clio interior light with LEDs and they stay on all the time on the middle setting, then brighten up when the door opens.

I always thought LEDs were Digital Lights: On/Off, not Analogue: On/Dim/Off :lol:

 

[BlackTwingo-i]

I knew there was 6!!!

Just looking before I never noticed only 3 were working, I just thought it wasn't as bright and was flickering.. This Is the noticeable difference between the okay one and that one

+ I made sure the pins were touching on both sides
Like this?

Do I get a free one because mine is faulty xD?

 

[singlespeed]

Oh great. Thats one of the front side-lights on the blink now