Bulb#194 for a dome light

gcretro · Post by **gcretro** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:53 am

I (wrongly) got an type 194 led bulb then noticed that the dome light is a festoon type bulb.

Any harm in wring the 194 in parallel with the existing dome light bulb?

It works great and the led I am told doesn't take much power. (2003 Neon SE)

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:51 am

I don't see why it would be a problem. Interesting though, that your 2003 has a festoon and mine uses a 194 bulb. There's two or three different dome light bulbs for the 2gns, but why more that one for the same year....

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:28 pm

I believe the neons with sunroofs have the festoon type dome bulb, and the neons with no sunroofs have the 194 bulb.

gcretro · Post by **gcretro** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:58 pm

mine is a 2004 SE, no sun roof. And it has the festoon type bulb.

This site says so too I should have checked before I got the 194 led.

http://www.modifiedlife.com/2004-dodge- ... ize-guide/

nerox · Post by **nerox** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:08 pm

Just to add my 0.02 ... I have 2x 2001 RTs and both have festoon type bulbs

illriginalized · Post by **illriginalized** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:19 pm

2004 SE (base model) festoon bulb here as well.

chiles93 · Post by **chiles93** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:19 pm

i have a 01 and its a 194 i ordered one of those cheap $5 led panel dome light kits from amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/NEEWER%C2%AE-Ligh ... estoon+led ) none of the adapters it came with fit so i just cut the wires and wired it in. works great no problems and is extremely bright lights up the whole car so far id highly recomend it but ive only been running it for a month or so so i cant attest to how long itll hold up. id get ya some pics but the car is back home 2 hours away lol

oh and i dont have a sunroof so that explains why mine is a 194 not festoon

Philipbrown · Post by **Philipbrown** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:40 am

gcretro wrote:I (wrongly) got an type 194 led bulb then noticed that the dome light is a festoon type led bulbs

Any harm in wring the 194 in parallel with the existing dome light bulb?

It works great and the led I am told doesn't take much power. (2003 Neon SE)

There is no such problems so you must take benefits of these led lights

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:56 pm

chiles93 wrote:i have a 01 and its a 194 i ordered one of those cheap $5 led panel dome light kits from amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/NEEWER%C2%AE-Ligh ... estoon+led ) none of the adapters it came with fit so i just cut the wires and wired it in. works great no problems and is extremely bright lights up the whole car so far id highly recomend it but ive only been running it for a month or so so i cant attest to how long itll hold up. id get ya some pics but the car is back home 2 hours away lol

oh and i dont have a sunroof so that explains why mine is a 194 not festoon

These same LED light 'kits' are available at Advanced Auto. That's where I bought it.
I have it installed in my '98 Neon right now.

Works good !

- Nick

chiles93 · Post by **chiles93** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:44 pm

yeah i love mine its impossible to lose things at night now it lights the car up like its daytime

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 9:52 pm

The 194 isn't nearly as bright as the proper bulb that goes in there. But I installed the 194 as I like it a little dimmer vs being a beacon for ships at sea.

JV76TL2 is the Mopar number for it, but it is apparently made of gold.

List Price: $39.35

Possibly why the festoon was used in more than the sunroof models. More cost cutting.

Edit That is for the entire assy. The correct bulb is 579, not 194

bobneon2k · Post by **bobneon2k** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:51 pm

$39 is steep. for $11 more you can get caraudioholic24 to make you an LED board. I got 1 from him and it is sweet! He'll back up his work too as i'm sure other members can verify.

Sxteve · Post by **Sxteve** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:23 pm

I bought a festune type bulb just got it in the mail today (blue led) I installed it, and when the dome light turns off, it still has a very dim light to it. I was worried that it would kill my battery, so now its just laying on my front seat lol.

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:40 am

Any LED light will glow in the dome, because there is always that small amount of current flowing through the oem bulb's filament anyways.

The bulb is part of the ground circuit for the cluster, and/or maybe something else that eludes my memory. You'll notice with the bulb missing, your odometer should read "FUSE" when you open the door.

So no, it won't drain the battery any faster than the oem bulb. There just isn't enough current there to heat the incandescent filament, but it is enough to make an LED glow.

Sxteve · Post by **Sxteve** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:58 am

Thanks for the tip. I do have one cluster light burned out. I don't see a fuse light on though. Just got new cluster lights with my dome lights. Ill be swapping them out soon.

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