6V to 12V DC

[nhusa]

I might be crazy but the tail/stoplight on my 31 Town sedan is dimmer than a politician, so I was thinking about adding some inexpensive LED stop lights on the rear of the car. I don't use the car at night.

I plan on mounting lights on the spare tire with a 6 to 12 v convertor and running a wire from the stop light harness. It can be done without any permanent modifications to the car. All I need to do is remember that it has positive ground so the wires will be reversed.

Does this make any sense?

I need to add that I am the opposite of a politician when it comes to spending my money!

[slammin]

There is a product called the BrakeLighter, a 12" long led strip. It attaches to the rear window using suction cups. Its made to work with 6 or 12 volt, positive or negative ground. Plug and play. Price is $60.00 I'll be giving it a try.

[mike657894]

you may have a 12v bulb in your 6v car. I have 12v and the replica dou lamps they are bright with standard bulbs

[SeaSlugs]

Could have a poor ground as well or corroded bulb socket or wiring

[nhusa]

It has a 6 V bulb, the wiring has been replaced, and I cleaned the bulb socket.
Just want to warn the idiots that tailgate that I am stopping - even though it takes a while to stop.

[Jw]

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check the grounds and use star washers instead of lock washers, "more better ground"

[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by nhusa

I might be crazy but the tail/stoplight on my 31 Town sedan is dimmer than a politician, so I was thinking about adding some inexpensive LED stop lights on the rear of the car. I don't use the car at night.

I plan on mounting lights on the spare tire with a 6 to 12 v convertor and running a wire from the stop light harness. It can be done without any permanent modifications to the car. All I need to do is remember that it has positive ground so the wires will be reversed.

Does this make any sense?

I need to add that I am the opposite of a politician when it comes to spending my money!

I assembled this light from "extra" parts and installed it on top of my spare. It has 15 RED LEDs in it and has a motorcycle brake light "flasher". It flashes quickly ~6 times then turns solid.

[1930artdeco]

Blockhead, is you light a 6 or 12 volt? I had not thought of placing a motorcycle flasher on my 'third brake light'.

Mike

[Jw]

question, who sources the cycle flasher, that would be cool on my 34 of my A's,

[1929 Red Tudor]

Bert's sells a 6V tail light that is brighter
A-13307 HP Cowl, Tail, Dome, Park 6-Volt Bulb BRIGHT BULB - twice as bright $1.50

Works great

[1929 Red Tudor]

I have the brake lighter as well...extra precaution. My club members have commented on how bright it is

[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by 1930artdeco

Blockhead, is you light a 6 or 12 volt? I had not thought of placing a motorcycle flasher on my 'third brake light'.

Mike

Originally Posted by Jw

question, who sources the cycle flasher, that would be cool on my 34 of my A's,

It is 12v. I got it on ebay. It is made by United Pacific. Works great. Fully adjustable. I mounted it down by the brake light switch. It REALLY is an attention getter. Similar to this one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brake-Atten...item5d352b1a04

[1929 Red Tudor]

Oops here is the brighter brake light from berts

A-13465-B Brake Light Bulb-6 volt(HI POWERED 40 cp) $1.50

[Bill G]

Ordinary 1129 bulb is 6 volt and pretty bright. Not sure of candle power, but much brighter than the #63 bulb. It does have a little larger glass bulb than a #63 so it may not fit in all enclosures, even though the bayonet base is the same as the #63. I use it for both brake and turn signal.

[1929 Red Tudor]

The 6V bright bulbs from Bert's are same size as original with a larger filament. I'm sure other vendors have them as well.

[KenCoupe]

NHUSA:

I am no electrical expert, but it seems like what you are proposing to do should work with a minimum of expense. I don't know the cost of the 6 to 12v converter compared to the BrakeLighter. I installed the LED tail lights on my coupe that the vendors sell, and I had to put higher candle power bulbs in the cowl lights or other resistance for them to work properly. I don't know if that would be an issue in your proposed setup, but if you have any issues when you install the LEDs, that might be something to check.