S2 Interior Light Bulb Holder

[rocketian]

I have managed to break the bulb holder on the interior light on my 111R.

 

Anyone know what car the light was "lifted" from, or where I could get a replacement

[un1eash]

I think it's citreon saxo/ax, Peugeot 106/306 etc

[jimbo07g41]

http://deroure.com/diagrams.asp?TBL=5717&MAK=1&MDL=11&SMA=0&SMO=0&ST=&SC=0

 

Deroure has it down as obsolete but worth a phone call.  Only £13 new.

[Wildspark]

I found that the bulb holder on mine was just missing, but instead of buying a whole fitting I modified it to put a white LED inside. You can buy 12V LEDs off EBAY, and just solder it across where the lamp connects.

You have to be a bit handy with a soldering iron of course....

[rocketian]

I found that the bulb holder on mine was just missing, but instead of buying a whole fitting I modified it to put a white LED inside. You can buy 12V LEDs off EBAY, and just solder it across where the lamp connects.

You have to be a bit handy with a soldering iron of course....

I like the LED idea but don't you need a ballast resister or something with an LED

 

Presumably you can get a brighter LED than the standard bulb - and you could solder 2 or 3 or 3

 

What spec LED did you buy?

[Wildspark]

I like the LED idea but don't you need a ballast resister or something with an LED

 

Presumably you can get a brighter LED than the standard bulb - and you could solder 2 or 3 or 3

 

What spec LED did you buy?

You can buy 12V ones that already have the resistor built-in.

I used a special one that was left over from a lighting project that is about 10W when fully driven, but I added a series resistor that made it less bright.

You can buy the open LEDs like I did and add a resistor, but buying the ones with built-in resistor is probably easier.

Probably 1W or so would be adequate. If you go for too much power it will need a heatsink which will be difficult to cool inside the housing.

It's better to go for "warm white" LEDs if you can as they are less harsh.

 

Another approach would be to make a series string of several standard LEDs with a resistor. It's quite easy to calculate the resistor value required, which you can then get from places like Maplin.