LEDs are great BUT
For over six years I've had good luck with cheap China G4 LEDs to replace my halogen ceiling lights. At 1/10th the power and now less than $1/bulb it's a no brainer. Four years ago the ballast in one...
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Ivylog wrote:
Not sure why my cheap G4 are working well and the strips are not? My voltage never goes below 11.8 or above 14.4 for my AGMs... Does this spread require regulation?.
Yes, absolutely.
I've even read posts, either here or "there" where the poster had put radio shack 3 wire regulators in his fixtures when he converted them to LED's.
If the LED's are overdriven, they won't last.
By definition, a diode drops 1.6 volts. So to run on 12 volts (nominal) takes some circuitry and stacking several in series. Regulation is best, to keep the voltage per diode to exactly where it should be, no less (dimms quickly) and no more (heat...)
