12 volt LEDs for auto

Many car owners choose to tune their cars. As a rule, the same applies to lighting fixtures. But very often, unfortunately, one cannot be sure of their quality, and a lot of problems immediately appear. But this does not in any way apply to LED lamps. They are very reliable, durable, and shine brightly. The main thing is to choose them correctly for each specific car model.

Advantages and disadvantages of LEDs

The use of such lamps began with everything recently. And immediately there was controversy about this lighting. Today, many car manufacturers already produce LED lamps. For example, cars of the “Audi” brand come from the factory with LED headlights.

But before, of course, rushing to the car market or store, you need to figure out why you still need to change ordinary bulbs to LED ones. And in this case, everyone has their own reasons. Someone changes for tuning, someone for savings. Every year there are more and more supporters of LED lamps and there are good reasons for this:

• LED bulbs have a brighter glow for the week than usual, so the quality of the lighting changes significantly.
• Temperatures and shakes are not scary for LEDs.
• They tolerate moisture well.
• Compact enough, therefore, it is possible to install anywhere.
• They are economical and durable.
• LEDs do not heat up and therefore do not pay plastic parts.
• They light up faster than ordinary bulbs and sometimes an accident can be prevented in this way.

But in addition to the pros, they also have disadvantages:

• They are very expensive. This is the main thing that stops you when choosing them. Because ordinary bulbs are much cheaper. Therefore, it is very often frightening.
• Lack of preparation for their installation. For example, when installing such lamps in a turn signal, it starts blinking very often, which leads to damage to the electronics. Therefore, it may be necessary to add resistance.

Of course, there are not very many disadvantages, but still they should be taken into account when installing LED lamps.

The benefits and harms of LEDs

Before using LEDs, you need to consider all the nuances, even such benefits and harms from them. Spanish experts have proven that if you look at the light from these lamps for a very long time, you can go blind. But for the study, they used household lamps, not automobile ones. Car lamps have less effect on the retina, but you shouldn't look at this light for a long time.

How to choose LED bulbs

Before purchasing LED lamps for a car, you need to decide on the type that is required for a particular brand. Find out which lamps are suitable in several ways:

• Perhaps see this information in the instructions;
• If there are no instructions, then you can visit the site where there is information on LEDs and what brands of cars they are suitable for. It is also fashionable to refer to catalogs, reference books, of which there are now a huge number, here, as a rule, there is brief information about their use;
• Another way is to remove the lamp from the machine to be replaced and measure it, as well as look at its markings.

Also, when choosing LEDs, you need to take into account the type of optics that is used on the car. It is lens and reflex. There are requirements for the LEDs that are used in the lens. Manufacturers are also taken into account, you do not need to buy LEDs from unverified manufacturers. It will just be a waste of money.

What to look for when installing LEDs

Now in many cars, baseless lamps are installed. They come in standard sizes. They are able to withstand temperatures that can be 100 degrees. For protection, it has a 12 volt stabilizer for LEDs in a car, which reduces the current level. They are considered affordable, they have good light and wide directivity, and are large in size, so it can be a problem to install them.

Dimensions and feet located at the back

For these lights, two-pin lamps can be used. They shine very brightly, are reliable and of high quality. It also requires you to choose trusted manufacturers so as not to waste your money.

Fog lights

Lamps for them are used as inserts in headlights. In principle, they play a duplicate role of dimensions. Their light is dimmer than that of halogen or xenon lamps.

The use of LEDs in the cabin

Many of the car enthusiasts install LEDs in the interior of the car. But they are divided into the following subspecies:

• Lamps that are mounted in place of the standard lamp. These LEDs have a similar design and are very easy to replace. They can be used in small devices as they are small in size;
• Lamps that fit into a connector but have a different connector size. This creates some inconvenience, because there may be other sizes and lamps simply do not fit into the connector.
• Matrices are rectangular, they have a different number of LEDs. They are, as a rule, placed in car shades.
• Rectangular arrays with different numbers of LEDs. However, such matrices are rarely placed in the car interior lampshades.

When choosing LED lamps for a car, you need to very carefully pay attention to all their subtleties and nuances, since an incorrectly selected lamp can serve many problems in electronics and generally turn out to be useless.

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