Need help - LED lighting fixture

[jimnyc]

I put one in our kitchen a little over a year ago, I think. This sucker is cool because it never requires a light bulb, uses little energy and is bright as hell. But did I buy a dud?

About a month ago when I turned it on it blinked 2 times. I don't mean as in a wiring issue, but 2 times in a row like a code. It's happened quite a few times since then as well. Once it's on it is fine. After it does it's little blinking, you can turn it back off that second, turn it back on and all is fine. WTF? But today, today it blinked like 7 or 8 times before it stayed on, again, all uniform and timely as if it's a code.

For once I saved the damn manual and the troubleshooting mentions nothing about that.

I paid only like $30 for the fixture. I would like to think, that if it were something it was warning anyone about, perhaps a voltage issue or whatever, that there would be a means of knowing what these damn codes mean.

I'm thinking perhaps I bought a piece of crap maybe?

[Gunny]

I put one in our kitchen a little over a year ago, I think. This sucker is cool because it never requires a light bulb, uses little energy and is bright as hell. But did I buy a dud?

About a month ago when I turned it on it blinked 2 times. I don't mean as in a wiring issue, but 2 times in a row like a code. It's happened quite a few times since then as well. Once it's on it is fine. After it does it's little blinking, you can turn it back off that second, turn it back on and all is fine. WTF? But today, today it blinked like 7 or 8 times before it stayed on, again, all uniform and timely as if it's a code.

For once I saved the damn manual and the troubleshooting mentions nothing about that.

I paid only like $30 for the fixture. I would like to think, that if it were something it was warning anyone about, perhaps a voltage issue or whatever, that there would be a means of knowing what these damn codes mean.

I'm thinking perhaps I bought a piece of crap maybe?

LED - Light emitting diode. It's not a matter of voltage. Those things pull like almost zero volts. There's something wrong in the ballast. Sounds like a compacitor. Cheaper to replace the whole fixture than get it fixed.

[jimnyc]

LED - Light emitting diode. It's not a matter of voltage. Those things pull like almost zero volts. There's something wrong in the ballast. Sounds like a compacitor. Cheaper to replace the whole fixture than get it fixed.

I'm no electrician, but we learned all about LED's in the tech school I went to that was called "Computer Repair & Robotics" (never did see any damn robotics). It was cool, we created little makeshift boards right on our desktops, and with a 9volt battery we were able to create little lamps with a bunch of the LED's.

And no way I'm trying to fix one of those damn things anyway, was thinking the same thing about replacing. Hopefully find a better brand this time around.

[Gunny]

I'm no electrician, but we learned all about LED's in the tech school I went to that was called "Computer Repair & Robotics" (never did see any damn robotics). It was cool, we created little makeshift boards right on our desktops, and with a 9volt battery we were able to create little lamps with a bunch of the LED's.

And no way I'm trying to fix one of those damn things anyway, was thinking the same thing about replacing. Hopefully find a better brand this time around.

Find an electrical lighting store. They DO exist. Then you have to haggle. The have a price for electrical companies and price for peeps. The quandary is the electrical company will charge you a fortune to install it.

[Atticus Finch]

LED's are the greatest thing since the pocket T-shirt.I bit the bullet and over a years time I replaced every bulb in my house with LED's.I haven't had to change a light bulb in over a year and a half.....the cost was worth it.

[Little-Acorn]

Get the manufacturer's name and the model number. Then Google them together. You might find a discussion, or a diagnostic sheet with greater detail (like, what do those blinks mean?) floating out there somewhere in the ether.