I had to fix a couple things over the holidays.
One big one was the 3rd LED brake light that I had put together with ebay LEDs. This was basically a bench test to see how the LEDs held up. The Ebay LEDs didn’t do too well. They did last almost a year but that’s not acceptable for an LED setup.
I managed to get some higher end LEDs. These are very robust. The nominal voltage is 2v but these guys can handle up to 18v for short periods and still work afterwards. Voltage spikes, which is what I suspect was the cause of the failure, can also be fixed by introducing a zener diode which may be what I use to regulate the voltage when I go all LED. Nonetheless a good bench test and we will see how well these guys hold up.
Ebay Leds initially installed
Ebay LEDs after 1 year:
New Cree LEDs:
Assembled and ready to install.
Another thing was my OBD2 BT adapter. It has a flaw where the pins aren’t fixed and they push in but I took it apart and super glued the pins to keep them from moving when I plug and unplug adapter. Full product review here
