LED bulbs
While changing my 1141 bulbs to LED bulbs, found the they do not work on one side of the motorhome in the two fixtures over the couch and dinette. The bulbs work on the other side of the motorhome. Th...
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DrewE wrote:travelnutz wrote:
tenbear,
Yes, that's possible but you have to find and change every "item" connection in the entire RV that's wired wrong and even then it doesn't truely correct the wrongly wired issue that exists. It's merely a quick bandaid type fix of the known and found wrongly wired items. What's still looming?
If just changing the wires at the fixtures, it would be wise to put a piece of red elec tape aroung the positive wire so down the road you or anyone who buys your RV later will know which is the positive wire for sure. Why not do it right??? Then you will have piece of mind also!
How is wiring an incandescent 12V socket either way around "wrong"? Seems to me that wiring a low-voltage polarity-insensitive device with arbitrary polarity is perfectly acceptable.
(A 120V socket is different: the unswitched outer shell should be connected to the neutral, and the switched inner button to the hot, to minimize the shock hazard when changing a bulb. That's not a concern with a 12V light.)
I agree with travelnutz, just do it the right way.
There is still a problem if the outer metal casing of the socket is the positive side if something metal were to come in contact with it and the frame ground. The fuse hopefully would blow before it started melting wiring.
Also there is a potential to be shocked by 12VDC if conditions are right, so why take the chance? JMO
