Re: Current-rating brakelight-switch

[jtrealty@xxxx]

You are right in being concerned about the added load. IMHO I prefer 
the LED lights. I have installed 2, 1 on each side of the center rib 
of the rear sunshade as high as possible on the underside. It looks 
factory and I did it with double-stick tape so I can remove it as 
there are no holes. LED's draw very little current but you should fuse 
the wire where you tap off of the brake light circuit so if there was 
to be a short at least you still have the left and right tail 
stoplights! I ran my wire along the right rear pontoon into the right 
tail light wiring with an in-line fuse. The ground is attached to a 
bracket under the rear plastic valence strip. The LEDs are very bright 
and give off little heat as opposed to ordinary bulbs which if you 
kept your foot on the brake (like in heavy traffic) could wind up 
melting the plastic housing.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Jan@xxxx wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> It seems my troubles from last evening were really a glitch;
> I can't reproduce the situation anymore... (see msg.16938)
> This makes me even more curious as to what could have caused this...
>