One drop light over kitchen island goes on/off/dim

**ajg617** · 10-09-2023, 06:12 PM

This drop down was replaced under by the dealer (I had no problem with it but the LED string over the island was blinking or out and that is a different circuit). Dealer said they found a short in the wiring for another light (presuming the one they replaced) and my antennae went up. Last night I flicked the two lights on for the first time in two weeks and it wouldn't light. Pushed the bulb up and it was fine. I've tried known good bulbs and they all dim/go out then back on. Hate to think what a replacement would cost and I sure don't want to take it back to the dealer - I didn't authorize its replacement in the first place. Let's just say LEDs and I just don't get along - think Christmas light strings.

**ocbizman1** · 10-10-2023, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by ajg617

This drop down was replaced under by the dealer (I had no problem with it but the LED string over the island was blinking or out and that is a different circuit). Dealer said they found a short in the wiring for another light (presuming the one they replaced) and my antennae went up. Last night I flicked the two lights on for the first time in two weeks and it wouldn't light. Pushed the bulb up and it was fine. I've tried known good bulbs and they all dim/go out then back on. Hate to think what a replacement would cost and I sure don't want to take it back to the dealer - I didn't authorize its replacement in the first place. Let's just say LEDs and I just don't get along - think Christmas light strings.

Doesn't sound like the LED is the problem but the wiring or possibly the fixture itself. A short in the wiring is a defect of the RV manufacturer. In my last trailer I replaced all the bulbs with LED and my batteries lasted twice as long on a charge after that swap. The LED bulbs in my new coach will not need replacing until after I die.

**ajg617** · 10-10-2023, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by ocbizman1

Doesn't sound like the LED is the problem but the wiring or possibly the fixture itself. A short in the wiring is a defect of the RV manufacturer. In my last trailer I replaced all the bulbs with LED and my batteries lasted twice as long on a charge after that swap. The LED bulbs in my new coach will not need replacing until after I die.

I'm suspicious of the wiring and fixture as it was replaced (it was working fine) when dealer tech found insulation missing on 'other' wires while replacing the entire LED string assembly above it.

I'm thinking it is an intermittent voltage loss - sometimes it just goes dim. But it's hard to see how this would occur when parked and stationary.