Interior LED Fixture has Dimmed
Without any preceding symptoms, the under cabinet LED fixture in our galley has suddenly dimmed. Seems to be maybe 2/3 of its original full intensity. I dropped the fixture down from under the cabinet...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Manufacturers push the LED heat limit right to the bitter edge of functionality.
Keep an LED cool and stay under, well under the Imax current limit and a good LED will light for 20 years 24/7.
But RV LED lighting violates these rules. By a lot. So short life is the penalty. SHARP ELECTRONICS for large 10-100 watt chips and CREE for to 5 watt with proper heat sinking and power has given me the best results. Good luck finding CREE LED fixtures.
Pretty consistent with product quality elsewhere in our RVs, but we do get what we pay for for the most part. Appreciate the heads up on the CREE LED fixtures. No urgency about our situation since the thing does put out "some" light, so I've got some time to try to run one of those down.
On another topic, I've spent lots of time in years past driving around northern Mexico - specifically in Tamaulipas State. Stuck around "La Frontera" leading mission trips to waaaay out of the way places in areas no "Gringo" would typically go - but usually no further than 100 miles from the border. Prowled the back streets of Reynosa, loved Rio Bravo (got some good Mexican friends there in whose home I've spent a few nights), and have navigated some back colonias in Matamoros. Love the culture; love the people; love the food!
Just don't know what it would be like to tow our TT down there!
