Has anyone noticed that we rarely hear of the ebay LEDs being bad recently?
As West said, a few posters have tested the ebay panels, one went up to 20v before a failure started. I think most of the issue was the panels would get warmer and the imitation 3m tape would release.
I usually tell people that if they are going to be doing a mix of dry and hook up camping to either get regulated or use cob style that can be exchanged with regular bulbs depending on how you are camping. Others use the unregulated while on shore power no problems.
We never have shore power or run a generator but the solar does get the voltage up. I don't run the lights during the day so it isn't a issue.
I have been running a 1210 48 led panel since April I believe but the power is a steady 12.5v. I did have some running at 17v for a while and had no failures. (finding a wallwart that put out the 12v it said it would was a pain)
I did have a lead come off of a panel and a few of the emitters on the big 120 led for the porch light started blinking after a brutal 5 mile run of washboards. I can't tell the difference on the big light and a few seconds with a soldering iron and the panel went back into service.
The seller I used no longer has what I bought but west and a number of others bought the same from different sellers and seem pretty happy.
BTW the cost of one regulated LED is close to the price of a 10 pack of unregulated LED panels. ($17.99 shipped)
