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wh20 topper lights keep burning out

By Atomicboy

9 years ago


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#8 9 years ago

check voltage for sure, or you might need to put a resistor into its feed line to drop a little voltage and/or limit the current. slightly dimmer not burning out, is friendlier anyway.
had some nice 12v LED strips that slowly cooked themselves, blues turning dimmer dotted purpley.
replaced them and added 10 ohm 1/4w resistor, I dont notice the strips being dimmer (are they?) but I do see they arent cooking themselves like the last set where 1/3 of them got about baked.

#12 9 years ago
Quoted from Atomicboy:

Do you get the same water feature though? I heard LED's simply don't work with this topper for the effect.

this was in something entirely different, but similar about voltage and current limiting may apply to save a string of bulbs from frequent burnout if the supply voltage is a good number. PartsExpress.com has some big (10w 20w) 2 and 4 ohm resistors, a couple 2's parallel for 1 ohm or pair of 4's for 2 ohm might drop supply voltage just enough for the bulbs to last. it isnt 115v AC, but an inline dimmer switch from hardware store (even fully turned up) would add a little resistance. if a dimmer gets it done its convenient, adjustable at whim could be nice.

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