jrcmlc
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Ok, so I installed the 350 lumen rigid LED dome lights in place of all of my incand. bulbs and am VERY pleased. However, today I noticed that one circuit, the kitchen/bathroom one, was flickering, with no pattern and no matter what I turned on/off, it still did it.
It appears that it could be one double dome light causing the entire issue, but it's not specific to one led or the other in that dome light, and I didn't notice this issue with the standard bulbs.
Is there something that can be done, an isolation or a ferrite ring or something, or is this just too much of an unknown to even make a sugestion?
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fordsooperdooty
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I've heard that LED lights are very sensitive to reversed polarity, try reversing the wires...incadescent lights are not as particular!
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jrcmlc
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They only work plugged in one way, the other way no light at all.
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Chris Bryant
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I would guess bad connection or more likely bad switch. You won't notice with an incandescent bulb, but the instant on/off of an LED will make it obvious.
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smkettner
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Bench test with a good connection direct to the battery.
Then you can decide if it is a wiring issue or a lamp issue.
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doughere
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I have changed out all the Rigid LED's that I have. Of the 5, the one over the bed used the least was still working correctly, of the other 4 all had some of the LEDs dead, and one had some of the LEDs blinking. $100.00 down the tube; I was extremely pleased when I originally installed the LEDs, but would never get anything from them again.
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jrcmlc
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Why not return them or contact Rigid? I have other Rigid products and have always gotten great service from them.
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jrcmlc
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The one circuit I mention has 2 2x domes and 2 1x domes on it, the other 2 2x domes in the trailer don't exhibit this symptom. It's like it's the whole circuit, and I've moved it to a different location on the dc distribution panel and I've unplugged every single led and the problem persists on any that are still plugged in.
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1995brave
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Some of the early LED light assemblys used very poor regulators that would actually go into ossulation and cause the LED to flicker. Newer ones use a better regulator and filtering.
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Cajun Bill
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yep, I'm having similar problems. Got all my wedge connection led lights in yesterday and the first one worked great, but after that, I began having intermittent problems. Since all the incandescents worked before and I've tried reversing polarity, I'm guessing that the sockets need a little dressing up. One of them will work if I shake the socket but it won't stay on. Guess they are more susceptible to corroded wiring, etc. The good news is the ones that are working are very bright (48 led's to a board). I'll when I figure it out.
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