Re: Cheap LEDs for automotive dashboard application

Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:

Randy MacKenna wrote:

I own a vehicle, whose designers had the wisdom (not!) to require that
half the dashboard be removed in order to change the instrument light
bulbs. Needless to say, I've gone many months with half my
speedometer lit, and the clock completely dark.


If the light bulbs on the dashboard are burned out, that means that the
car is way too old. Get a new car.


Buy a new car? That just means that the job is too complicated for
you, so you've thrown in the towel.


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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