Autometer gauge lighting, help please.

[clownface]

hey all i just got done hooking up my boost gauge, everything works...im just not sure about the lighting. I swapped the bulb out for a 192b blue or something like that cause i heard it would make it brighter then just using a blue blub condom but it still seems sorta dull. The thing im worried about is its sorta hard to see the numbers on the gauge at night. I can see the gauge and the little pointer thing, the name of it eludes me the moment, but i cant hardly see the numbers. The light mostly shows in a circle around the gauge and the pointer thing glows some. What can i do to make the light brighter or make the number more visable at night? I really want a blue light, is there a better light i can use to make it brighter but still blue? I used 14 gauge wire for all the wiring and got the lights power from the lighter and im pretty sure its got a good ground....So what can i do? If theres not really anything i can do to make the numbers easier to see thats fine cause i can still make it out, but i would really like to know if there was a way to make the light brighter, like with a different power source or different kinda light or something. thanks

 

[clownface]

http://www.dsmtuners.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=28669&password=&sort=2&thecat=500

its sorta like the red a pillar gauge in that picture but not as bright really and its blue. well acutally it might be the same brightness as in that pic but see how the numbers arnt lit up???? What can i do to make my light brighter and/or see the numbers????

 

[clownface]

no one likes me or something?

 

[TurBoGs-T]

Ahhhhh. You should have used a condom. Now you are stuck for the rest of your life. Seriously... I have the condom on mine and It works fine. it MAY be the bulb.

 

[clownface]

really? i have seen that getting a 194 bulb was brighter then using a condom, something about condoms......make the light dimmer, is that not true??? Whats this i keep on seeing about a LED, just what is a LED, i know its what ricers stick all over there cars but would a LED be better then the 194? or are they the same thing? im confused

 

['96_Talon_TSi]

LED- Light Emitting Diode.

They are pretty small and very bright. You could try one and see how it works out.

 

[clownface]

okay cool, im guessing i can prolly get one at the local autoparts store?

 

[Libila]

Where did you guys find blue condoms for the light? I need one.

 

[jimwross]

LED's are available at radioshack, you'll need a resistor and a LED.

There are different luminicities (spelling?) of LED's, the low quality ones from radio shack I think top out at maybe 2000mcd.... you can buy ones online that are 7000mcd.

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