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wa8yxm
Nov 13, 2020Explorer III
Some LED's are well designed and 13,14, 15, 16 volts wont' bother them
Others are **** in the design department
Some are even worse.
My RV came with an LED to light up the grab handle. Nice and looked good save the design was ****.. It burned out very fast.. I replaced it and .. Same result. it burned out fast too. (NOTE I replaced just the LED)
I then measured the resistor that limited current to the led 150 ohms. should have been 450 by my calculation. Replaced both the LED and the Resistor. 14 years later it still worked.
Others are **** in the design department
Some are even worse.
My RV came with an LED to light up the grab handle. Nice and looked good save the design was ****.. It burned out very fast.. I replaced it and .. Same result. it burned out fast too. (NOTE I replaced just the LED)
I then measured the resistor that limited current to the led 150 ohms. should have been 450 by my calculation. Replaced both the LED and the Resistor. 14 years later it still worked.
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