rocco611
Silver Member
I purchased some cheap LED work lights from Ebay. four of them cost $28 first one failed after ten minutes of use, then one by one all four of them failed within a matter of a few hours of use. they have a two year warranty, seller agreed to replace them providing I send pictures or a video showing them hooked up to visually verifiable 12v circuit. all four together with a working lamp in the circuit. I am sure buyers try to scam sellers now and then. After thinking about it I decided to just eat the cost and move on, I really dont want more of the same problem. the tractor vibrates some and I thought the vibration might have taken out the one of the connections , I busted the lenses out them traced the issue to the driver chip on the circuit board, kind of shame that the lenses are glued in, I could have probably repaired the circuit bypassing the driver chip and installing a resistor. the lamps were designed to work at a very wide voltage range. would have been a simple fix to just install a current limiting resistor for the voltage I am running. I looked for the best LED lamps I could find from reputable companies. they cost ten times as much or more than the cheap imports. I am surprised I wasn't able to find more negative comments online about these super cheap led lamps. I am now considering upgrading the generator to an alternator and going with incandescent work lamps, there is a lot to be said for just changing a bulb rather than replacing a whole lamp. I dont use the tractor often at night , maybe only 10 hours a year at the most. anybody have any luck with a brand of moderately priced LED work Lamps?
