[WhoaThereBigFella]

I recently changed the dome light bulb with a bulb that contains red leds. I have attached a picture of it. My peoblem is that now the dome light never sompletely goes out The switch is set for the light to go on when the door is opened and off when the door is closed. When the switch is set for the light to be turned off and not work at all the light does go completely off. My theory (or at least what I have told my wife) is that leds take much less power to light up and that the normal bulb that was in there before needs more power to light up and that the current that is reaching the led was always there but just never detectable with the regular dome bulb.

 

[WhoaThereBigFella]

What if I did nothing? Would the battery drain be negligible or something to worry about?

 

[WhoaThereBigFella]

The car has now sat for 13 hours, I peeked in the window and the done light still has a subtle red glow. All I did was change the bulb from the original to this red led one. nothing else. When the switch is in the middle, like it is now, and the door is opened the light does come to full brightness and then as it should it would slowly dim to the point where it is now instead of to the point of being completely off as it did with the original bulb. With winter coming to Illinois the last thing I would like to do is send the wife off in car that has the potential of coming up with a dead battery. Not only for the safety issue of it but also because I would probably never hear the end of it lol