My LEDs
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mena661 wrote:mena661 wrote:Ok, finally got around to installing this. I have one fixture with three 1156 LED's from HERE. The ebay one looks the same in brightness and color as those. And I paid $15 each for those.
Whew! Looks like posted the wrong link. I DID buy the correct color. THIS is the one I bought.
I would assume that the cheaper ones do not have the regulator.
Although we have not had many/or any report of failures due to no regulation I do like the regulator built in.
It would be nice if someone would take apart one of the cheap ones and see if they do in fact have a regulator or just resistors.
Guess someone could load up their batteries and get the battery voltage down into the low 12's then remove the load and see if the cheaper led's dim and brighten...The regulated led's do not change brightness with battery voltage.
I have almost all of my lights replaced with the regulator models, I plan on ordering some of the cheap ones for the remaining lights.
If no one has delved into determining the lack or presence of a regulator I will do it.
My solar system will temp adjust, so during bulk mode I do see 15.0 vdc. I would think that would push the non regulated led lights to the limit. Usually these type of leds limit out at about 25milliamps.
Repeated pushing will greatly reduce reliability/life expectancy.
Jim
