Awning LED lights waterlogged???
The LED strip lights at the end of my Carefree of Colorado awning have, over time, gotten what appears to be water inside portions of it. This has apparently caused a number or the LED's to not light...
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SidecarFlip wrote:
While all my outside lamps are LED, I find the 'glow' of LED's to be cold and uninviting. Fine for marker lights and tail lamps but for under the canopy sitting out, no way. Just my opinion, yours may vary.
The "multi-color" LED strips do not have actual "white" LEDs; rather, they use a combination of the R,G, & B LEDs to "make" white. It is cold. They also seem to not last as long before giving problems. On the other hand, if you move away from the annoying (IMO) multi color/pattern stuff, LED strips can be had in cool, daylight, and warm color temps. These (below) are daylight, and mounted just below the awning roller. I actually had this strip ($20 from Amazon) on the roller of my last motorhome for close to 3 years. They worked so well that I removed them to transfer to my new rig. I have them hooked up to a full range dimmer as well.
This is at full brightness, but I can dial them down to any level all the way to off. Sorry for the lousy pic; I just recently installed and haven't gotten a good clear pic yet. Oh, and I mounted them inside an aluminum track with a frosted lens this time (also available on Amazon, $20).LED mounting track
