Electrical LED License Plate Lights...
#76
08-02-2015, 08:53 PM
If you happen to have a product lying around that would work and it's just a matter of adding R56/55/57/58/59/60/61 to the compatibility table, sure. But if you would have to make a custom design, I doubt you'd sell enough to pay back the design and tooling costs. Coding the car is just annoying enough that it's not much of a mass market thing. (I'd love to be proven wrong.)
#78
08-04-2015, 08:56 PM
Right, there are a lot of non-canbus LEDs out there, but I don't see many with the surge protection we have. Even by removing heat from resistors as a potential cause of premature failure, you still have to contend with current surges on what are still delicate electrical components. Similar to why you'd want a surge protector between your wall socket and your tv/computer, big enough spike could damage the LEDs. That said, non-canbus units are typically fairly cheap to replace so it's just time and convenience you'd be saving using our more advanced design.
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