Trunk Light

[jiffy]

I am going to be buying some white cathodes to replace my trunk light since it is kind of wimpy, but I want to be sure it will be OK to make the swap. Does anyone know how many amps the stock bulb draws?

[Wild Country]

Wrong forum dude...

And no, I don't know.

[Sno]

don't know the amps, but you can buy a 9 LED Light to replace the fuse, you just pop the stock light out of the little clear compartment and put the new one in... i believe the link is... http://autolumination.com/festoon.htm
look at the 44mm = 1-3/4" Long 9LED i believe those are the ones, i have 3 of them, 2 in my reading lights, 1 in my dome, and i was gonna get 1 for my trunk as well, they sell them in a variety of colors, and it is definately a better alternative to putting cathodes in, they are super bright, just those 3 alone light up my entire interior at night :thumb:

[eag182]

A voltmeter would help you. You need to know voltage (12v most likely), not power.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

^ you would need to know the power too. You don't want too much going in there. Car batteries are DC and if you hit a bad spike, you could blow the bulb/LED/cathode out. Anyway, if the cathode you get uses up less volts and amps than your stock light, you could always put more lights in there, or resistors....but more lights would be more fun. ;)

[eag182]

If you know the resistance power can be figured out....

[jiffy]

Ehh, too much thinking, I'm just gonna get the cathode I think.

Those LED bulbs are neat, but a little more expensive than the cathode will run me. I'm pretty positive the cathode will work without any problems, so I'm just gonna go ahead and order the dual 12" white kit when I get some for my interior.

I should check it with a voltmeter first I guess though, just to be 100% certain it will get 12v.

Like albino said, you don't want too much power going back there, thats similar to how those "Super White" headlight bulbs melt the harnesses. Cathodes go in cars though, so I'm sure it will be fine.

[eag182]

brighter too