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I'm looking to replace all of my exterior light except the headlights and fogs with LEDs. Has anyone used Recon bulbs? If so how bright are they and how do they hold up? Are they worth it or just pieces of junk?
 



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PnP led bulbs are junk
 






























That a brand or a type of bulb?

Plug and play = PnP. Basically LEDs that are meant to directly replace your stock incandescent bulbs. I gave a short explanation why in the thread right next to this about DDM LEDs. The stuff you are looking at is the same thing Recon makes, and the same thing all the e-bay sellers make/sell. If you want a good set of recon plug and play LEDs, go buy them for a couple bucks from some random e-bayer from China... (don't actually do this, I'm just trying to point out you will get the same thing as if you were to get cheap junk on e-bay)

If you really want a plug and play bulb, you can look into Elef-USA. I have never seen a bad review of their LEDs, their thermal management is adequate, they use PWMs for dimming instead of resistors, which means less waste heat and longer life, and they use high quality emitters.
 






I found another company superbrightleds.com that aren't quite plug and play. They require in line relays, etc. I've heard they're decent as I start to ask around.
 






Just had a "duh" moment. Shoulda read your other post before opening my mouth. Any other suggestions for led conversion?
 






All of them require in-line relays, even if you make good arrays or use high powered LEDs because the current an LED draws is so much lower than that of an incandescent bulb. An incandescent 3157 draws 21 watts for the bright IIRC which equates to almost a 2 amp draw for each bulb. Our trucks use thermal flashers, which basically rely on the current being drawn through the flasher to heat an element which opens and closes the circuit as it heats and cools. This is what causes the flash. The in-line resistor makes it so that your circuit is drawing a greater current so that your flasher will still operate as normal, since even a 5 watt draw is less than an amp of current.

Like I said before, if you want to do it the PnP route, get them from Elef-USA. They are spendy, and sometimes the wait time is a little long, but they are the best option aside from making your own array or paying someone to make an array.
 






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