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The PTC heater will cut off when the coolant temperature is above a certain temperature. It will probably still do a manual output activation but won't use much power.

Yeah, as Doc says the test output is about 400w


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It went to 400w then reduced to somewhere in the 200’s

So, these arrived today

12v 3mm flat red LED’s with holders and some 1K Ohm resistors

So I thought it would be rude not to do something with them...



Fitted them into the space below the ash tray, wired them into the footwell/lighting circuit, result

The camera makes them appear brighter than they are, they’re about the same brightness as the LED’s in the W8 interior light.

And in case you’re interested here’s how..

Removed the ash tray and then the holder, only 1 screw.



Marked up the back of the holder on both sides...




Drilled pilot holes then 6mm holes for the LED bezels, image is blurry, apologies!




Wired the LED’s in series along with the 1K Ohm resistor (additional heat shrink for mechanical protection) to ensure they weren’t too bright




Wrapped the new wiring loom in felt loom tape, you can see the LED’s in their bezels, quite small and discrete, invisible when installed.



Fed the wires down to the passenger side footwell light, refitted the holder and soldered in the new wires and re-wrapped the loom..







Job done!

Illuminates with the red instrument dashboard lights and when you unlock/open the doors

Door handle recesses next!


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Papa Bear wrote:It went to 400w then reduced to somewhere in the 200’s

Awesome! I had a coding error in the beginning, disappeared after I upgraded my CECM (older version of the BCM)

It still worked fine though!


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Not planning on upgrading my cecm but who knows what will happen in the future.
Nice led’s, I was just looking atblue LED’s, got some naff switches from the scrap yard and going to play around with chang8ng them to blue

Joined Team Heko this afternoon!

Ordered on Saturday, arrived at noon today, fitted in under 5 minutes, loving them!




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I’m not or adding them to the list because they are already on it!
Erm, I think they are, they should be as they are in my eBay watch list. Senior moment, need to go check.

[mention]Papa Bear [/mention] Nope, they’re not on your list, welcome to the mod+1 club


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Are now along with cc done and aero mirrors possibly.
Mrs is crying now and taking away my bank card

Ha, my better half commented on how good a van looked with skirts, front and rear modded bumpers and splitters, it was a Ford though!

I have taken this as the green light to bash on and get my side skirts and bumpers modded too result!!!


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Sounds like she gave you permission, 100%

Yip


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Decided to play about with the 3mm flat LED’s this evening to get a more diffused light instead of the “sharp” focus.

A few minutes with the wet ‘n dry to sand the surface and take the sharpness off the top edge I think I’ve achieved the look I’m after.

Tomorrow’s task, weather permitting will to fit them into the van

Left one is as is, right one now has no sharp outline and a more even light distribution.





This should give a really good diffused, subtle light effect when installed, especially in small spaces

Pictures to follow after install.


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Nice touch