Quote Originally Posted by curmudgeon View Post
Note the location of the external led in my install (inspired by Tman) It's right below the inspection and registration stickers. I also have it set to relatively dim. If a LEO is shooting you at night, he'll also be getting glare back from either your headlights or tail lights.

http://radarandlaserforum.com/showth...ll=1#post50860
Dimming won't help since it's only dim while idle. It goes to full brightness during an alert.

It's easy enough to test it since I have a PL3. I can park my car, leave the lights on, walk 100' away and shoot, and see if I can see the LED.