White Water
Williams, 1993Went out on a tech call for a guy that just picked up a Whitewater and the topper wasn't working. Didn't take too long to figure out what the problem was:
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The previous owner had added LEDs to everything but evidently didn't know that the topper took different light bulbs.
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Looked like a bad day at the dentist!
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Luckily the sockets held up ok - was able to put the correct incandescent bulbs in and everything worked again.
Quoted from LTG:Putting a 6 volt thing in a 12 volt socket.
LTG : )
ahhhh.. sticking yur thingy in a place designed for bigger thingys. always makes you feel inferior.
never had it happen myself, of course.
The topper lamp voltage is closer to 20V. And because the lamps are on for more than a 1/10th of a second, even the higher rated "flasher" LEDs will most likely burn out as well.
Best to stick with 194's like it was designed for.
Tony
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