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 a research project out of it and I noticed LED's in CW and figured they would have good quality stuff so I paid the price and bought about 10 of them.
This year I wanted to put one in the stove top vent and 2 outside and bought them off ebay. I turned on a few lights to check the draw with my Bogart 2030 and after a few minutes I noticed the burning electrical smell. I shut them off and found the one in the stove top was smoking. I removed it with a rag and it fell apart.
I contacted the Ebay seller and since they are lost they cant answer simple questions about it. I asked for a refund and they said sure but I have to give 4 stars positive review. Sure thing goofball, I'll give a positive review so someone else may possibly start a fire with your garbage. Like an RV hasn't got enough issues already.
They had also told me to reverse the polarity. I had bought 2 of them so I hooked the other one up outside to see what would happen. It lit when connected so I reversed the leads and it didn't work at all. ok so now we know that it will only work one way. I reversed the leads again and it lit up. 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. At one point I believe I saw 389 degrees flash on the screen. This was at 12.52 volts
Maybe CW price wasn't so bad. I haven't been nervous about the ones from CW but I would be about this junk. The other 2 bulbs in the outdoor work lights dont seem too hot. They are from a different seller. Dang, that price of 2 for $8.00 with free shipping WAS too good to be true. :)
This year I wanted to put one in the stove top vent and 2 outside and bought them off ebay. I turned on a few lights to check the draw with my Bogart 2030 and after a few minutes I noticed the burning electrical smell. I shut them off and found the one in the stove top was smoking. I removed it with a rag and it fell apart.
I contacted the Ebay seller and since they are lost they cant answer simple questions about it. I asked for a refund and they said sure but I have to give 4 stars positive review. Sure thing goofball, I'll give a positive review so someone else may possibly start a fire with your garbage. Like an RV hasn't got enough issues already.
They had also told me to reverse the polarity. I had bought 2 of them so I hooked the other one up outside to see what would happen. It lit when connected so I reversed the leads and it didn't work at all. ok so now we know that it will only work one way. I reversed the leads again and it lit up. 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. At one point I believe I saw 389 degrees flash on the screen. This was at 12.52 volts
Maybe CW price wasn't so bad. I haven't been nervous about the ones from CW but I would be about this junk. The other 2 bulbs in the outdoor work lights dont seem too hot. They are from a different seller. Dang, that price of 2 for $8.00 with free shipping WAS too good to be true. :)
