They likely won't work correctly. The bulbs would expect a certain voltage, and the components inside are designed to expect that voltage.
I suspected that. Just wanted to check if they would light up, but at half strength or something. It sounds it doesn't work that way at all.
They likely won't do anything as there's insufficient voltage to charge the semiconductor. The LEDs only require 1.8 to 3.2 volts to operate, but to put them in a 12V circuit, they add resistors to each LED to bring the forward voltage down to the operating voltage for the LED.
search this on ali express.
10PCS #Ba9s #44 #47 Bayonet AC 6V/6.3V 1206 3020
no clue if they are actually any good. I spent $3.50 to find out.
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