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LED conversion

From 1998 Volvo V70 “Sweedish snowball”, documented by Richard Cherico.

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1998 Volvo V70 - Here's how to do the door lock switches. Positive on the left, negative on the right. 1998 Volvo V70 - Here's how to do the window switch on all but the master. Positive on the left, negative on the right. Cut the old LED wires just under the… 1998 Volvo V70 - Close-up of a disassembled electrical switch assembly showing its black glass-filled nylon housing (molded "PA66 GF30"), copper contact fin… 1998 Volvo V70 - The master switch. The polarity on the window switch LEDs is the reverse of all the other switches. Cut both LED s off near the top of the… 1998 Volvo V70 - Another view of the master switch 1998 Volvo V70 - Close-up of the opened underside of a black plastic automotive electrical module, showing copper bus-bar contact strips with hand-soldered… 1998 Volvo V70 - All installed. The camera lies; it's more red than this but still has a slight orange tint. 1998 Volvo V70 - The two bulbs you'll find in the switches 1998 Volvo V70 - Unwind the wires and pull the bulb straight out of the holder 1998 Volvo V70 - Insert the new LED to right at this height, then wrap one of the legs around the base like the old bulb and trim it to length. Wrap a resis… 1998 Volvo V70 - A hand pinches a tiny round circuit board between thumb and forefinger, showing a single color-banded resistor soldered across the small pa… 1998 Volvo V70 - One with the resistor sticking up. This is easier to do than make it lie flat. 1998 Volvo V70 - The back of the climate control unit panel. To get here, remove the radio, then reach behind the ECC and push it out towards you; it pops r… 1998 Volvo V70 - Disassemble these bulbs just like the switches 1998 Volvo V70 - I got better at making them look nice and sit flat 1998 Volvo V70 - The one at the right is scuffed with 200 grit sandpaper; the one on the left is not. You'll want to do that to diffuse the light. 1998 Volvo V70 - Here are two finished dash switches next to an original so you can see the difference 1998 Volvo V70 - The climate control turned out a lot better than it looks in this picture; there are no hot spots and the light distribution is even. The w… 1998 Volvo V70 - I added four LEDs in the square holes at the top of the climate control and wired them individually to the existing lights. To anchor them,… 1998 Volvo V70 - I added four LEDs in the square holes at the top of the climate control and wired them individually to the existing lights. To anchor them,… 1998 Volvo V70 - Now it's a bit too bright on the top. I need to move the LEDs on the right side back a bit to even it out and it'll look perfect. 1998 Volvo V70 - Dimensioned drawing of a T10 wedge LED bulb showing height, width, and base measurements in multiple views. 1998 Volvo V70 - A close-up product photo of a T10/194 wedge-base LED bulb with five orange (amber) SMD LEDs on its body, shown against a glowing amber back…