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May 13, 2008 | 08:09 AM

Rocker SB

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Changing Guage Light

I'm a new member waiting on my Black Rocker C to come in next week!!! 10 more days and counting!! I will put pictures up after I doa few things to it. Just wondering though...Is it possible to change to backlight on the guage to blue LED's? I've never seen one lit up at night, but I'm assuming it doesn't light up blue...

Looking forward to jumping right in!!

May 13, 2008 | 11:07 AM

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RE: Changing Guage Light

Hello Scotty, what took ya so long? Welcome to the forum. No unfortunatly they dont light up blue. Thats a good question about the blue leds. I wish I had the answer for ya

May 13, 2008 | 11:25 AM

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RE: Changing Guage Light

If you can find blue 12V LED's no problem, but it might be easier to just get blue bulbs casue then its just a plug and play thing. With LED's you have to look around for one for the right voltage and socket base on it or if you can'tyou would have to make sure to get one with the right voltage and get thepolarity rightso you canhard wire it into the light circuit. If you put them in backwards they will not light.

May 13, 2008 | 12:13 PM

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RE: Changing Guage Light

agreed, i swaped mine out in my bob for red

May 13, 2008 | 12:20 PM

rockerheadsteve

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RE: Changing Guage Light

Hey Joe, have ya got a close up of them pipes. Are they Rhineharts?

May 13, 2008 | 08:10 PM

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ORIGINAL: Rocker SB

I'm a new member waiting on my Black Rocker C to come in next week!!! 10 more days and counting!! I will put pictures up after I doa few things to it. Just wondering though...Is it possible to change to backlight on the guage to blue LED's? I've never seen one lit up at night, but I'm assuming it doesn't light up blue...

Looking forward to jumping right in!!

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colors for 499.99 dual tach/speedo kit
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May 15, 2008 | 06:51 PM

bdejong11129

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RE: Changing Guage Light

It isnt necessary to get an led that runs exactally at 12 volts, most Blue LED's run at about 3.3 to as high as 4.2 volts. You have a few choics, you can use a few of them in SERIES, say three of them which will take on average 10.5 volts and then use a resistor to take up the remaining 1.5 volts. You will need to use a resistor no matter how many LEDS you cram in there, this is to limit the amount of current the LED will draw. This is also how you can control the brightness.

I work for a company that makes LEDs and they are very simple to use. So if anyone is really interested I can explaine in better detail how to get it all to work.