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northshore
Explorer
Sep 13, 2019

incandescent bulb works correctly LED does not

Since we had a thread on incandescent bulbs and LED. My problem is that the incandescent bulb works correctly, switches on and off just like it is suppose to. The LED is on no matter what position th...
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GordonThree
Explorer
Sep 13, 2019
Sounds like what a motion detector does. They rely on a cold incandescent to "leak" a milliamp or two just to power the electronics. Not enough to light a filament but sometimes enough for LED.

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