Dual Zone HVAC Led's
 

Hi
Gonna switch to LED's in my dash in the spring and would also like to change the ones in my HVAC centre.
I have an '05 2500 Laramie with the dual zone heat controls. My question is are these bulbs soldered in or are they the screw-in type like the dash bulbs.
I ordered the 8.5D HP's (I think... been a while since I ordered them) for the dash and I think they are the hi profile that are supposed to cure any dark spots.


Has anyone replaced their bulbs in the dual; zone HVAC console? I see the bulbs are a T 1.5 or something like that.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Hey man, not dual zone but in my '05, they were just little mini bulbs that are easily replaceable. I would not think that there are different bulbs for dual or single. I had to get the special bulbs from the dealer. They had mini plastic housings that twist in like on clusters.

Different bulbs. Did the ones in my brothers 04 today. Mine, with the dual zone, is different solder in bulbs. Trying to source now...

Anyone have any luck finding a LED replacement bulb for the OEM HVAC panel that do not require a bunch of resistors or am I stuck replacing with the original OEM incandescent type?

After removing my HVAC panel I found it to be a closed unit... unserviceable. 2005 Ram 2500 Dsl.
So now I have to live without my panel lights unless I want to spend $250.00 and replace the whole panel. Stupid engineering if you ask me.


Incidentally I replaced my dash lights with LED's. BIG mistake!
Didn't have one of the lamps seated correctly and burnt a section of my panel.
Had to get a used panel (from US so it was wrong units).
Since fixed the board and put the old lights back in... Anyone need a used dash panel?

On my '03 the Heater/AC control panel is fully accessible and the "button" style OEM incandescent bulbs are indeed "socketed" and "serviceable". Someone would make a killing if they could come up with a viable LED "plug-n-play" solution for these applications which doesn't require a bunch of load resistors and avoids creating a bunch of gremlins within the finicky OBDII electronics ;)

:cheers: