So, I'm installing LEDs in my BSD and I guess I shorted one of the sockets on a vuk bracket because I blew a fuse when starting up. The socket is real tight in the hole and close to the bracket but I get it separated (and notice what looks like a small burn mark on the socket. No problem, fuse is no longer blowing but all the LEDs on that circuit are very dim now (2 don't work at all) and it blew the remaining incandescents in the circuit (pop bumpers). If I take one of those LEDs and put it in another circuit, it's still dim, and if I put another LED in the circuit I blew, it's bright.

Does that make sense? Can shorting a GI circuit blow all the bulbs, LEDs included? Isn't that the point of a fuse?

Luckily it was a small circuit of only 6-8 bulbs and I had only done that many, so I knew where abouts to look! Also, It's great having them separated on different fuses, unlike my early SS Bally where you would have NO idea!

Ok, so you CAN, in fact, blow LEDs by shorting the circuit? I did put a good LED in and it WAS bright.

Bummer.

Thanks

Hmm... well that certainly seems to be what happened, though I don't know what powered source it would have shorted to. I wouldn't think a solenoid bracket would be shorted to a powered source. Imagine that would cause other problems. I'll triple-check just to be sure.

Thanks