LED's - a new one for the Lecies in our midst
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I have just completed a replacement of lights on the boat trailer as all the rear safety lighting had suffered the ravages of immersion in salt-water, despite being supposedly "water proof".
I chose to fit the totally sealed LED, 190x100mm square combo units. The sealed in wiring that protrudes from the back of the lights is about the same as normal "accessories" wire and there are 72 LED's in each combo (brake/park & blinker) ie. 36 in each component.
Now, having read much expert opinion on wiring/wattage capacities in previous forums (see 49993 by Willem) it has, as an after-thought, dawwned on me that I might have over loaded the trailers 7 core wiring looms. Maybe.
So, I looked at the packaging to see what wattage the LED's draw, and they don't say anything. Just that they are 12V & not a thing about the wattage. And now the question remains, how much juice am I pulling down the wire when I engage the brakes and or blinkers.
BTW, they look great, work
well and don't blow the fuses (yet) and are all wired back to the installed fuse system.
But the question remains . . . . . . . what's the wattage ?