Amber Marker Lights Upgrade

Hi
     Has anyone upgraded their marker lights to LED mine are a bit tired and one or two are not working I think the capless bulbs come in 2 wattages and the higher rating has been used I ave tried calling Jokon and they were most unhelpfull
regards
Alan

Once you know the bulb type it should be easy - for example I've replaced W5W type bulbs on the Trooper and the result has been good, generally.

You won't need so-called CANbus types (with special expensive resistor added!).

Similarly with festoon type bulbs - LED replacements are very widely available, though you need to get the length pretty well exactly right with those.

Hi
  The bulbs are 3watt capless if that helps
Alan

Why would you want to "upgrade" marker light? Not for battery drain, as you would only be using them with engine power. The lights on my Gloucester are Hella not Joken, I think.

PLOUGHLIN wrote:Why would you want to "upgrade" marker light?

Alan suggests (in "the field that nobody sees", and which I did not notice until just now) that the bulbs have caused the holders to overheat - presumably damaging them. It's true that an LED replacement will probably run a lot cooler, unless it's a so-called "CANbus" type, in which case it will have a resistor inside so that it consumes as much power (and generates as much heat) as a 3W filament bulb!

Hi Mojo
   you are correct the bulb holders have gone hard and brittle,I tend to run with my side lights on all the time as I am towing a trailer and I can see the rear marker lights and yes the bulbs get very hot
regards
Alan

Hi Everyone
       At long last I now intend fitting LED bulbs,what wattage should I use as there seems to be a couple of options
regards
Alan

Hi , mine and done the same, someone had stuck them together with silicone ,I bought new jokon lights off autosleeper as mine are recessed into body slightly, then put new led bulbs in, 112864643047 on eBay is what I used,

Matt

Hi , forgot to add, the first ones I bought were too long, that's why I fitted the flat fronted cob led bulbs

Matt