Just fitted LED festoon light to internal roof light. When the switch is in door open setting I notice a small of light emittied by diodes when the door is closed and the dimming has completed. If I switch the setting to off there is no light emitted.

Concerns are:

1. Will this drag my battery down?
2. Is the switch supposed to allow current flow?

Many thanks to all who can help

don't worry about it

mine have been doing that for ages, eventually they do turn off completely when the car settles down for the night.

I think its the cars way of checking the original bulbs wiring Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Welcome to the forum, nice to see another Aberdeen member

If it keeps going you lot will have your own breakaway group for pub meets and off roading events  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Many thanks - quick replies too!

Most re-assuring.
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Hello up north. Southern jessey here.

I had same concern with mine when first fitted. Notice it more now it gets darker earlier. There is always a small glow from mine when set in the "come on when the door opens" position. Goes off when you switch the switch to off. Had has no affect on the battery, in fact the red blinking alarm light probably has more of a draw of power. If you put a meter over the contacts in the "come on when doors open" position it will show 12 volts but the current drain is less than an amp. Que all you techi electrical dudes who will translate into techi language.

Left my baby in Bristol airport for a week recently and started first time so I have no concerns over the bulbs. I have total of 5 LED's fitted in various locations

Hope this helps

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If it keeps going you lot will have your own breakaway group for pub meets and off roading events

Does that mean we also get our own section on here

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Dave wrote:

Does that mean we also get our own section on here

No you just get sectioned Arn't they building a new by-pass around Aberdeen so people dont have to go there unless they really have too?
My brother in law reckons the bypass is going to devalue his house by £100,000 as it will be at the end of his garden  At work
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My brother in law reckons the bypass is going to devalue his house by £100,000

He's lucky then, some people are loosing their houses to make way for it , this bypass has been talked about for the last 50 years, so if the speed of Aberdeen council is anything to go by, he'll be ok for the next few hundred years anyway  ______________________
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Thank you for this post! I just installed some LEDs into the license plate lights and even when the car is off, the glow a VERY dim light. Now I'm not worried!

whew!

PA51 ELY wrote:

Hello up north. Southern jessey here.

I had same concern with mine when first fitted. Notice it more now it gets darker earlier. There is always a small glow from mine when set in the "come on when the door opens" position. Goes off when you switch the switch to off. Had has no affect on the battery, in fact the red blinking alarm light probably has more of a draw of power. If you put a meter over the contacts in the "come on when doors open" position it will show 12 volts but the current drain is less than an amp. Que all you techi electrical dudes who will translate into techi language.

Left my baby in Bristol airport for a week recently and started first time so I have no concerns over the bulbs. I have total of 5 LED's fitted in various locations

Hope this helps