Lights

[Komfort_23TS]

I have a 2018 class c and one
E of the two overhead light blinks in the living area? The other of the two does not. Help and thanks!

[Tom_M1]

I replaced 14 of my incandescent bulbs 6 years ago with LEDs that I purchased on eBay for $1.50 each. None of these have failed yet. Three years ago I replaced all my florescent lamps with a different type LED also purchased on eBay. I used 30 LEDs that cost $1.25 each. Three of these have failed. I would say that this is a pretty good track record.

[drsteve]

At one time--ten years ago, maybe?--there was Cree, and there was all the rest.

[RickLight]

I've been in lighting 40+ years.

Cree is far from the only good brand. LEDs rarely fail, but their associated gear fails frequently.

If one dot of a set fails replace the unit. If all the dots blink then check the wires!

[wa8yxm]

SidecarFlip wrote:
If it's not a CREE SMD, it's not worth beans.

Well I won't go that far but my fog lights are CREE 18 watt.
My flashlight is CREE 3 watt. 1200 lumens that's about the same as a 100 watt Incandescent lamp.

Cree clearly the best.. Oh that makes my fog lamps on the order of 600 watts incandescent.. They do light up the campground

[pconroy328]

Merrykalia wrote:
If this is a Forest River product, they got a bunch of LEDs that failed. If you contact the dealer, they would replace for free. In our fifth wheel, we had 8 out of 14 go out within about 2 months. We had another issue and when we took it to the dealer, they replaced them. A month after that, several other original lights went out. Again, I called the dealer and they just shipped us the remainder of the lights that replaced ALL the originals.

This - our 2016 Jayco came with a ton of bad LEDs. I contacted Jayco and got SIX replacement fixtures.

Then four more failed. This time I called the Light manufacturer and they sent me FOUR.

Now a couple more a failing.

Clearly a bad batch from China.

What pains me is that these are hardwired fixtures.
Replacement isn't difficult but you need a screwdriver, wire cutters, wire strippers and some wire nuts.

Silly.
Jayco made it difficult to save a few pennies.

[SidecarFlip]

Merrykalia wrote:
If this is a Forest River product, they got a bunch of LEDs that failed. If you contact the dealer, they would replace for free. In our fifth wheel, we had 8 out of 14 go out within about 2 months. We had another issue and when we took it to the dealer, they replaced them. A month after that, several other original lights went out. Again, I called the dealer and they just shipped us the remainder of the lights that replaced ALL the originals.

Probably bulk purchased the cheapest SMD's they could find. I learned real fast that CREE is the best.

[SidecarFlip]

If it's not a CREE SMD, it's not worth beans.

[Merrykalia]

If this is a Forest River product, they got a bunch of LEDs that failed. If you contact the dealer, they would replace for free. In our fifth wheel, we had 8 out of 14 go out within about 2 months. We had another issue and when we took it to the dealer, they replaced them. A month after that, several other original lights went out. Again, I called the dealer and they just shipped us the remainder of the lights that replaced ALL the originals.

[DFord]

Blinking LEDs are the first sign of failure probably caused by heat build-up and inferior design.

[prichardson]

Loose bulb or connection.

[drsteve]

LEDs do this when they are ready to fail.

[joebedford]

Probably an LED bulb that needs to be replaced.