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Old 11-06-2014, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby View Post
As well to crystalworks, the generic chinese rings shouldn't have power inverters as thats from CCFL days, they have in-line resistors and capacitors to regulate voltage. Umnitza keeps their voltage regulators enclosed in a white box which is installed in the headlight, those are usually the only things to die on the SMD LED rings.
Yeah, sorry I always include all those terms so people know what I am talking about with those little boxes. Not everyone is as familiar with how 12v stuff works. You are right they are just a voltage controller...
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