Here's Why You NEVER INSTALL LEDs IN YOUR CAR OR TRUCK!!

Here's Why You NEVER INSTALL LEDs IN YOUR CAR OR TRUCK!!
Here's The Best LEDs I've Found
LED's Major Problem

The biggest problem I've found with these 'cheap' LEDs is heat. Some of them do not have any sort of heat solution and eventually fail.

Most of these 'no-name' LEDs I've found are monetarily cheap, which is desirable, but that does come at a cost of possible shorter life span. And, if the bulbs die 2 or 3 times faster than that of a more expensive name brand, is it really cheaper?

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[woottastic]

Okay so what the title should read is "dont cheap out on lights"

Your title is sensationalized and makes it seem like LED bulbs are not worth it whatsoever. Way to beg for clicks.

[stickyfox]

The difference between a halogen bulb and an incandescent bulb, in case anyone is wondering, has to do with the tungsten filament vaporizing and depositing a metallic film on the inside of the bulb, turning the glass envelope into a mirror that traps light inside. Halogens contain a gas that combines with the vaporized tungsten, and continuously redeposits it back on the hot filament, keeping the glass nice and clear.

[MojoPup]

Another great use for the 12V LED bulbs is in RV's and Camper Trailers. Changing out the old incandescent bulbs to LED's really cuts down on the power drain from the batteries while providing much better light.

[WVRetreat]

The main reason I installed the LED interior bulbs was because of the reduced power used, 1.5 Watts with many of the LED bulbs vs. 10 Watts with the incandescent bulbs. This helps for those times where a light gets left on accidentally and drains your battery overnight!

[jackjones]

“Why you SHOULD install quality LEDs in your vehicle” would be a better title.

[waynes.]

That is not a halogen bulb. That is an incandescent.

[johnlindop]

I was a building engineer in two high residential high rises for over forty years during that time I had to make numerous shifts to new lighting technology (electronic ballasts, , f8, f6, low pressure sodium to high pressure sodium, and finally to LED’s which I have in 1999 f50) my advice is buy from a company that you have heard of (Philips, GE, Sylvania etc) yes they’re more expensive but they will probably last longer. Good luck!

[xchckj]

Man, As an electronics engineer, I can tell that not only the failure is related to heat sinks, but also they need high voltage spike protection. A car is a noisy environment, specially from the ignition coils, great LED Build design involves voltage clamping. Modern cars which have LEDs considered in their design incorporate those voltage clamps, but older cars (30 year old cars) don't.

what kills most aftermarket LEDs are voltage spikes from the ignition coils, not the heat dissipation.

[ildefonsogiron]

Comments were very informative, so I skipped the video. Cheers.

[BionicMerlin]

I've never had an LED interior light go bad. I'm still running LEDs I've installed over 10 years ago. One thing to watch on custom LED lights is sometimes with pairs of LEDs, the instructions tell you to put it on the wrong side and it won't fit there!

[randyearles]

this guy is confused about what a halogen bulb is. Dude, get your facts straight before trying to teach others!

[gotham]

There are a lot of considerations that weren't mentioned in the video.
Most older lamp housings were designed for bulbs with a very specific light source location and directivity, with a reflector and lens designed to create a very carefully considered dispersion and light output pattern. LED replacements rarely come close to matching the light source location of the bulbs they are replacing, so you get hot spotting and poor light output even if the bulb is nominally brighter. We've all seen this when people put in LED bulbs in their brake lights, resulting in a small red dot in the center of the lens area, instead of bouncing off the reflector and lighting up the entire brake light area. The problem can be especially bad with LED headlight bulb replacements, often resulting in a dangerous beam pattern with poor road illumination and glare for oncoming drivers. It can even affect interior lights, with high glare blueish light and poor dispersion to light up the interior. Blueish "cool" interior lighting may look "fresh" and "new", but it also can cause increased eyestrain and fatigue. At one time you could also find "warm white" LED bulbs with around 3000K color temperature, but these seem to have become increasingly scarce.

[jasonmatthew]

A problem I see is the manufacturers are now in an "arms race" as to who has the most intense headlights, along with signals that are too close to the headlights so you can't tell if the cars turning until its right on top of you!

[Luis-ehdp]

I missed the reason why "You NEVER INSTALL LEDs IN YOUR CAR OR TRUCK!!?

[josephstabile]

Thanks for the informative video. However, I don't think you were comparing LEDs to "halogen" bulbs. Bulbs you' were replacing are "tungsten" (filaments, that is) or, otherwise known as "incandescent" bulbs. Halogen bulbs do have high draw (amperage), and do have very high heat output, but also tend ro have very bright, "white" color output, like the LEDs you're comparing. Halogen bulbs are only used by auto manufacturers in headlights (they run way to hot to be safely used in other vehicle locations).

[gfvt]

A factor in choosing them should also be to avoid using so called CANBUS compatible lamps where you don't need them. In order to not trigger fault detection in modern cars they have a surface mount resistor on the circuit board to simulate the load of a lamp. This is the source of a lot of the heat and often uses more power than the LEDs themselves. For interior lights that are not subject to CANBUS lamp testing you are better to use types without the load resistor (or you can remove it). I will not repeat the correct comments pointing out that not all filament lamps are halogen.

[jameskoralewski]

Some LEDs like headlamp LEDs come with heat sinks and even cooling fans built in.

[Dengar]

I personally like having a cold white LED bulb in the center dome light while keeping the two reading lights intact as incandescents. Depending on how fast I'm going to get back to driving at night, I can pick whether I want a dim-as-poop, pleasantly warm light, or the bright and effective blueish light that fills the entire interior.
Managing the duration of night blindness like this is quite useful to me and it allows me to have the best of both worlds too.

[ronsmith]

I paid less than $20 total for (2) pair of Ebay LED's... One pair of 3000K amber fog lights and one pair of 6000k (4) sided LED headlights. It's been (5) years now and they still work and look great on my 2015 Sierra. I have absolutely no complaints. It was an inexpensive solution that greatly exceeded my expectations.

[captainvlog]

It's interesting that heat is the problem. LED bulbs are supposed to burn cooler.