I thought it was over
I thought that after retiring I wouldn't have to smell burned up electrical parts anymore. Last year I wanted to add LED lights to my FW but also had a ton of other stuff to do. I didn't want to make ...
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rjxj wrote:
Hummm, I've never seen any light bulb that's led or incandescent with a time limit for how long it's supposed to be on before it burns up. Interesting if so but Ive never seen it.
I am surprised by this response since you wrote this in the OP: "After about 5 minutes it started to smoke so I shot it with my temp gun and it registered 318 degrees and a few of the led's were flickering."
I'd say that LED had a definite time limit and you reached it.
Again, used as a backup light in an automobile it quite likely would have never seen 5 minutes of non-stop operation, allowing the heat to build up to the point it did.
As far as the specs, that doesn't matter much on some of these very inexpensive LEDs, as their quality is all over the map. This thread is evidence for that. Likewise, I am not surprised when I read a review of the $500 Harbor Freight 2500w/2200w inverter generator stating it doesn't actually put out that much power.
Mike
