*Correction (Thanks to howiedoit) I am talking about parking lights NOT Daytime Running Lights

I wrote this before but my computer froze! ARRRGH! Anyways.

I wanted to replace my cornering lights from halogens to LEDs. I spliced a yellow LED with a 420 Ohm resister. (I know I should have used a higher resister, o well...) I thought I was done but When I turned off my car and pulled the keys out, the DRLs were still on! With the LEDs, I lost the luxury/security of having my DRLs off when I pull my keys out. It hit me that the DRL power security feature must be voltage dependent for the SCs. Arrrrgghh! What a waste of time.

So beware, With mods come the loss of a Lexus luxury.

 

actually Thang, you just didnt wait long enough. the circut has a capacitor inline and the led draws substancially less current than the bulb. it may take a bit for it to drain it out of the cap.

 

what year is your car? you have drl? i wish i had it too. i bought a drl module a while back, but i've been way too lazy to install it. plus, i don't even know if i can install it correctly.

 

Thanks Howie, I'm talking about the all the parking lights. My bad. Thanks for the correction.

Brian, I hooked up the cornering lights to a relay so that it turns on with the side cornering lights. I had them on for like 20 seconds. Shouldn't those globe lights (2 at 35W) and the LEDs draw enough power very quickly or are we looking at a large inline cap? Where is the inline cap to this circuit?

 

DRL= "Daytime Running Lights"