[Automatic Tony]

Hi All. My estate boot light stopped working. I had power at the connector, and the bulb was good. I replaced the diode 1N4007 which fixed it. ( I made a messy job of the soldering    as the solder wouldn't take on the diode wire that seems to be spot welded on, not soldered) . if you do this, make a note which direction the diode is pointing. There is a band at one end to help do this. Hope this helps others.

[The Gonz]

Or replace it with an LED for cooler, cheaper, brighter light, and it's already a diode.
Then you can bridge that gap, if you have to, with nothing more than a piece of wire.

[Automatic Tony]

Damn  didnt know about leds :crazy being a diode 

[Shambles]

Damn  didnt know about leds :crazy being a diode 

good one.

Now, I wonder what L.E.D stands for

[Automatic Tony]

Hahaha, what planet am I on
So if I went led do I need to anything about the diode already in place.?

[Shambles]

you can bridge that gap, if you have to, with nothing more than a piece of wire

[The Gonz]

Hahaha, what planet am I on
So if I went led do I need to anything about the diode already in place.?

Quote from: The Gonz on 07-09-2022, 00:03:01
you can bridge that gap, if you have to, with nothing more than a piece of wire

meaning the diode can stay or be replaced by a wire.
Personally, I'd even replace an existing diode with wire to gain an extra 0.7V of brightness (typical forward junction voltage drop).

[Automatic Tony]

Thanks for the interesting info

I've just done this, the solder is difficult to get to take on the steel plate, probably why it was spot welded originally, just cut the old diode off leaving some wire still spot welded on, you can then solder the new wire to the old, still a pain but doable.