Any LED diode will have a current limiting resistance in series. This might be a simple resistor or like in some modern automotive lighting, a constant current source. Either way, a shorted LED will not cause a short circuit. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com - Electric Brewery Info www.towercooler.com - Beer Tower Cooler http://goo.gl/niRzVw - My Amazon Store www.brew-control.com - Electric Brewery Marketing and Direct Sales http://www.hackpilot.com/roadkill/ - A little twisted humor
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:27 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Camper Light power and ground While not normal it can happen that way. The LED itself is just a diode which has little resistance in the forward current direction and a driver or current control is part of the bulb circuit. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@verizon.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 2:08:38 PM To: d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Re: Camper Light power and ground Hi Dennis. Are you saying that when a LED light fails, it creates a short circuit, along with all the consequences that go along with it (fried wires, etc.)? That doesn't sound correct to me. Dave B. the Boston one
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Mon, Jan 24, 2022 10:51 pm Subject: Camper Light power and ground On the front interior light yes there are 2 ground wires. One is grounded full time and the other goes to the door switches. For most the rear interior light is powered from the light over the drivers door and the ground is piggy backed there also. At the tray above the light you can pull out that liner and then get to the wires feeding the light. Just make a new ground. As that wire is really undersized you could snake a new feed down to the cabinets and connect there. While LEDs do in fact use less current-power the failure mode is often a short. Dennis ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7924 / Virus Database: 4793/15886 - Release Date: 08/14/18 Internal Virus Database is out of date. |
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