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Harvey51
Feb 24, 2018Explorer
X2 on Iamichabod's links. I bought the 36 LED SMD boards rated at 12 volts without voltage regulation from 2011_led about 8 years ago and they have been completely reliable. I should mention I never plug in to shore power. If you use shore power, unregulated LED lights will be troubled by charging voltages over 13. They draw too much current, get hot and suffer damage. They play well with solar because we don't need lights when the solar panel is supplying higher charging voltage. If you have more than 13 volts when using lights you need the ones with voltage regulation. That would be 2011_led link which is rated for 12 to 24 volts.
Check your led lights - warm is okay but hot means you are not saving energy vs incandescent bulbs and they won't have a long life. Possibly they are fire hazards because the little boards aren't designed to run hot.
Check your led lights - warm is okay but hot means you are not saving energy vs incandescent bulbs and they won't have a long life. Possibly they are fire hazards because the little boards aren't designed to run hot.
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