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1L243
Explorer II
Apr 18, 2017

Water pump causes led lights to flicker when on Battery

This is a new trailer and when on battery power and using the water pump all the led lights flicker. There are two batteries and they are fully charged... Any thoughts of what could be causing thi...
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GordonThree
Explorer
Apr 18, 2017
Cheap (poorly designed) LED lights that are operating without drivers. LED are VERY sensitive to changes in voltage, even going from 13.6 to 13.4 is enough to notice.

In my opinion, all automotive (and RV) LED fixtures should have a local driver to normalize the supply voltage and eliminate output fluctuation.


Sure it could be a loose connection, that's an easier thing to fix.

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