Do we have a canbus system? o.O Options

[rentaspace]

Well, I am not quite sure....
In my experiences with my LEDs EVERY time I have bought non Cbus LEDs they have started flickering and flashing after a few months, some even straight away....
About 2 months ago I decided to just check out the Cbus versions of the same LEDs and to my surprise not one has started flashing yet...


So this leads to my question, is it remotely possible that the 6th Gen Celica (Or maybe even the ADM version) has a canbus system? or have I just had a statistical anomaly lol

[czwalga]

Lots of stuff in this thread, but I deal with LEDs a lot. Canbus no way our cars have that system. CAN stands for controller area network, which basically means every single electrical component runs through a bus in the car. Wiring is a lot more complicated with this system. Door switches/locks everything goes through it.


As far as sizing resistors, you should size them for 14volts not 12. Really what you should do, is get a voltage regulator and run all the LEDs in parallel, then you'll have a constant voltage through the LEDs regards of what the battery voltage is.


Most single superbrights operate between 3.2-4 volts depending on specs/color. What I would do to make this type of stuff for car applications. Get a fairly high current voltage regulator, with a fixed output voltage of around 8-9 volts. Run in series off the regulator 2 LEDS + resistor (ohms depending on the working voltage of the led and voltage regulator picked). Then you can run as many of those as you want in parallel off your voltage regulator, up to the operating current of the regulator before needing another one.

This post has been edited by czwalga: Aug 12, 2013 - 7:03 AM