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Kayteg1
Explorer II
Jun 05, 2019

Do you think I can use 2 of 6V LED in the row with 12V.

I have 2 of solar-charged motion-detecting LED safety lights. The battery in 1 already died and I assume the other will do soon. I don't want to spend money for new batteries as I don't need the l...
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Kayteg1
Explorer II
Jun 20, 2019
Well.... first night with hook up and the 14.5V my converter supply did overheat the lights.
The silver plastic melted on one side and about 55% of LED burned out.
The rest still work, but the light output seem low.
So when I liked the light output, the reliability sucks. I think for winter season I will convert 2nd light panel I have into 3-row system, what should give it good reliability.
Will see how much dimmer LED will be.
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