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| | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 843 | I've had led tail lights since last summer.This summer after arriving at a car show,my friend that was following said that on one light some leds weren't working.I E-mailed the maker today about the lifetime warranty,they said no problem mail it to us.Then asked if I had put a battery charger on it.I had this last spring after sitting all winter.That's the problem they said.Best to disconnect the battery when you are charging
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| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | I fail to see how charging a battery will affect lights that aren't turned on. Now maybe if you tried to start it with the charger on and your foot on the brake pedal. But even that sounds unlikely. I'd have asked him to explain it to me. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | I fail to see how charging a battery will affect lights that aren't turned on. Now maybe if you tried to start it with the charger on and your foot on the brake pedal. But even that sounds unlikely. I'd have asked him to explain it to me. Me too... Especially with LED's. It takes a lot to kill one of those, and I'm not sure your battery/charger has the oomph to do it. You've checked your grounds, yeah? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 30 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 30 | I have noticed what you're referring to a lot on the LED lights installed on the backs of trucks and buses. The lights are basically several LED's attached to a circuit panel and over time a few of the individual LED's within the light will burn out. As with any electrical device there is no absolute as to how long it will last. Two identical items can have greatly different life spans. Last year I bought several strings of LED Christmas lights that are labeled to last "1000's of hours". Within the first few days I used up just about all the spare bulbs that came with the sets, go figure. To say using a battery charger would effect some of the LED's and not all of them sounds far fetched to me. | | |
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