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Old Aug 22, 2016 | 09:32 AM
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Hi everybody, new to the forum. So I'm redoing my interior, and I decided to get some leds for the inside lighting. When I was parking my truck last night I noticed that both the front and rear led were glowing a bit. So I moved a bulb around abit and they went off. Problem is none of them would come back on that way either. So I put it back the way it was (slightly glowing) and the switch worked fine. Funny thing is when I unplug the front dome or visa versa fixtures wouldn't glow and would work as it should. I don't know much about electrical. Is it one of the harnesses? Do I need a larger Fuze for led? Were is it located. Thanks for your opinions everybody

Ps it's a 2004 sport club 4x4 v6 5 speed
 

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Old Aug 22, 2016 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by somedaysoon
Hi everybody, new to the forum. So I'm redoing my interior, and I decided to get some leds for the inside lighting. When I was parking my truck last night I noticed that both the front and rear led were glowing a bit. So I moved a bulb around abit and they went off. Problem is none of them would come back on that way either. So I put it back the way it was (slightly glowing) and the switch worked fine. Funny thing is when I unplug the front dome or visa versa fixtures wouldn't glow and would work as it should. I don't know much about electrical. Is it one of the harnesses? Do I need a larger Fuze for led? Were is it located. Thanks for your opinions everybody

Ps it's a 2004 sport club 4x4 v6 5 speed
That's the nature of LEDs. O recommend to do some googling.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2016 | 08:55 AM
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Normal operation of LED bulbs as mentioned. It's called a trickle discharge, or "ghosting". Because LEDs take so little power to operate when they are left in a circuit, even if off, you can still have a small amount of power making them glow. I've heard canbus LED bulbs do no have this issue.
 

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