Need help with LEDs and resistance SOLVED
The back light on my 2002 Lance 811 camper has a Intellitec Touch-Lite. This is a just a touch pad on the exterior by the door that when you touch it lights the exterior light for about 30 seconds. ...
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Mex thanks for the detailed info! Where do I buy a thigamajiggy like pictured now that Radio Shack is gone?
A local friend suggested that maybe a choke on the power line to the fluorescent light might help? I only get this odd half-bright condition on the outside light when the dinette fluorescent is on.
My quick fix was to add another switch....the Intellitec module is easy accessed inside a storage compartment, so I added a rocker switch in that switch loop that effectively disconnects the IT switch.
With the IT switch isolated, the dinette fluorescent causes no issues with the outside LED. If we are away from the camper at night, then the dinette fluorescent would be off....then I can flip the rocker switch before I leave to bring the IT switch back online so I can use that function when I return to the camper.
I thought I had a bright idea of adding an incandescent bulb to the LED fixture and then separating the IT and wall switch circuits, so that the wall switch would turn on the LED and the IT switch would like the incandescent. Turns out any bulb smaller than an 1141 creates the same symptoms...A dual fixture would work but that's a project for another day.
A local friend suggested that maybe a choke on the power line to the fluorescent light might help? I only get this odd half-bright condition on the outside light when the dinette fluorescent is on.
My quick fix was to add another switch....the Intellitec module is easy accessed inside a storage compartment, so I added a rocker switch in that switch loop that effectively disconnects the IT switch.
With the IT switch isolated, the dinette fluorescent causes no issues with the outside LED. If we are away from the camper at night, then the dinette fluorescent would be off....then I can flip the rocker switch before I leave to bring the IT switch back online so I can use that function when I return to the camper.
I thought I had a bright idea of adding an incandescent bulb to the LED fixture and then separating the IT and wall switch circuits, so that the wall switch would turn on the LED and the IT switch would like the incandescent. Turns out any bulb smaller than an 1141 creates the same symptoms...A dual fixture would work but that's a project for another day.
