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red_ranger
Explorer
Apr 12, 2015

be careful with led replacement bulbs

i bought a pair of the bayonet type at walmart. i think they were $12
put one in porch lite and other in overhead. they were not real bright and i used them as nitelites. the one in the overhead burned up. the leds are charred enough that the solder melted in drops. fortunately they only got hot enough to scorch the fixture before they failed. otherwise by by mh. the porch bulb is just browned. the bulbs have 3 led on top and 6 rows of 2 around.
be careful
red
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  • crasster's avatar
    crasster
    Explorer II
    Apr 13, 2015
    Dog Folks wrote:
    Just curious, do you remember where they were made?


    My guess is they were made from a diode. :)


    To the OP:
    I wonder if there is too much power going to them. Any other light trouble or 12V trouble?

    Did you try to meter the sockets to check power?
  • gemert's avatar
    gemert
    Explorer
    Apr 12, 2015
    A friend of mine had the same thing happen to one of the LEDs he bought at wally world also. It looked hot enough to start a fire. melted the lens also. They were the automotive style 12v that are in all the older RVs.
  • okgc's avatar
    okgc
    Explorer
    Apr 12, 2015
    Sounds like you purchased some defective LED bulbs.
    Months ago we replaced some factory bayonet bulbs with LED units from Amazon. The originals got very hot to the touch and these stay cool with brighter light.

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