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| Re: LED lights at Home Depot [message #117829 is a reply to message #117827] |
Sun, 06 March 2011 22:58   |
bukzin
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Registered: April 2004
Location: North California
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The 10amp switch gave you more output than the 30amp,
or is that a typo?
What is the Depot costs for these?
Nice find!
Bukzin
1977 Palm Beach
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| Re: LED lights at Home Depot [message #117831 is a reply to message #117829] |
Sun, 06 March 2011 23:42 |
pbrownsd
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Registered: December 2010
Location: Hayden,ID
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Yes. For some reason, the 30a switch cut the power to the lights considerably. When I returned the switches, another customer in the store said LEDs can be affected by too little or too much amperage or voltage (I can't remember exactly) He said they need a switch between 8-18amps. Don't know what he was talking about, but it seems to be true. The 10a switch works fine. I always thought any switch would be ok as long as the load was less than the amp rating. Apparently, not true with LEDs.
The lights were $12 single and $31 for a three-pack.
1976 Glenbrook
Hayden, ID
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| Re: LED lights at Home Depot [message #117834 is a reply to message #117827] |
Mon, 07 March 2011 07:22 |
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RF_Burns
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Registered: June 2008
Location: S. Ontario, Canada
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I'm thinking the 30Amp switches you got must have been faulty, or they were some type of special purpose switch with current limiting or something.
The current rating of the switch is the maximum it can handle while your LED lights are drawing a fraction of an amp.
Bruce Hislop
ON Canada
77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.
1 ton front end
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
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| Re: LED lights at Home Depot [message #118073 is a reply to message #117827] |
Tue, 08 March 2011 16:55 |
Larry C
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I have used some of these LED lights in the GMC. I have two in the hall, one over the stove, they are great. For bright light in the hall, I also have a Halogen up there but for travel, nightlighting, etc, the LED is great and uses less power.
Never had a problem with voltage variance, been installed since 2007.
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