It's all Greek to me Neil. All I know is that the three festoon lights I swapped out for LEDs quite frequently would not go out when door closed. There was a very slight dimming, that's all.

But when I added a couple of led strips to same circuit the problem went away.

Alistair

> On Feb 13, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Possibly. I'm not certain of my theory though a grant to study it is
> pending.   ;)
> Looking at this image from your blog:
> 
> http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/img_1064.jpg?w=620
> 
> the light delay circuit is basically a large electrolytic cap, IC +
> other bits to control voltages etc.? I guess even a small trickle of
> current could mess up that gizmo. You know more of it than I do!
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2/13/14, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> A while back I complained that my led interior door actuated lights would
>> not shut off. I have a delayed off light unit in the drivers position. The
>> no turn off effect happened after I installed the LEDs. Didn't happen all
>> the time. Doesn't happen now that I have added more LEDs to the circuit
>> (footwell etc).
>> 
>> The low current draw must have been playing a game with the delay timer
>> circuit.
>> 
>> Alistair
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