Incandescent bulbs work, LED do NOT work
Hi. I've searched to the best of my ability folks mentioning why incandescent bulbs work and LED do not work, but I've been fruitless in my endeavor. I have a 2003 Fleetwood Tioga and only 1 dual ...
Forum Discussion
wa8yxm wrote:
Electroincs 102
LED stands for Light Emitting Diode.. When FORWARD biased they give off light.
What does Forward Biased mean?
A Diode is kind of like a check valve in a water line (You know what those are right. water only flows one way) Forward Biased means the voltage is applied in such a way as the current (or water in the plumbing example) flows.
However ... quality LED bulbs do have circuitry driving them that doesn't care about the incomng 12 volt polarity.
Read the answer to the 2nd FAQ question down from the top at the rvledlites.com website. RV Led Lites sells only high quality LED lites - many of which don't have many of the problems you get with cheap(er) LED lites:
https://rvledlites.com/greggwilsondesigns/full-width/
