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      04-13-2014, 01:13 PM   #12
StickMon
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Yea. The "Wattage" is equivalent light output at 5W/CREE.
Those look similar to these I put in my "panic" brake lights.
I measured those at 150 mA, so it's really just a smidge over 2 W.
The heads are fat and long. Not sure they'd fit in the housing for the angel eyes.
I wanted to try them in the front turn signals, but I couldn't even get them into the sockets without modification.

More random data:
I measured error free LED brake lights and turn signals from Bimmian:
Brake lights: 650 mA at 13 V
Turn signals: 500 mA at 13 V
So it looks like about half an amp is enough for the LCM to think you have a good 20 W bulb.
I was able to fool the bulb out for the panic brake lights with 20 Ω.
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