jumpstart Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Elddis 115. I’ve just noticed the over unit LED strip lights on one side of the van have gone dim . Do these lights have a transformer? I can’t actually get to them as they are in a recess.The other side is bright. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curdle Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 Regrettably, no thoughts but the same wonderment. My Hymer is jam packed with "mood" lighting (like I need it beyond a bottle of wine at my age!) all of course recessed as you describe. Some more accessible LED downlights and an entire spotlight fixture have all failed at least 1 day past a 2 year warranty. These fixtures are a menace and extremely expensive to replace. Gone are the days of a simple bayonet fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 They'll probably have an electronic driver to stop them overheating when charging the leisure battery at 14.4v so that may have failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Charles - 2021-03-04 11:46 PM They'll probably have an electronic driver to stop them overheating when charging the leisure battery at 14.4v so that may have failed. I thought the little cubes on a strip of LED lights didn’t emit heat. Is it the driver that’s failed then? I’ve looked for one but can’t see where it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I doubt that Elddis will have bothered to fit any type of voltage regulation for the LED strip lights. Although this type of lighting should, in principle, be provided with a stable 12V supply, in motorhome/caravan applications good quality LED strip seems able to tolerate the 14V+ that a onboard battery-charger will produce. (I once asked Aten Lighting about this and was told that they could provide me with a voltage regulator if I so wished, but they had sold a lot of LED strips for motorhome/caravan use and the buyers had yet to complain about failure.) There has been some online discussion about caravan/motothome LED strip lights behaving oddly and - when ‘dimming’ suddenly occurs - the explanation offered is usually that it’s been due to a wiring fault rather than caused by the strip light itself (example here) https://www.caravantalk.co.uk/community/topic/134352-12v-lighting-problem/ That the LED strip on one side of the Elddis motorhome is at full brightness, while the strip on the other side works but has gone dim, suggests that the latter strip is no longer receiving adequate voltage. (This assumes that all the LEDs on the dim strip are still in working order, just not operating at full brightness.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaleg Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Hi On my 2015 115 elddis sunseeker the strip on the nearside go's dim occasionally but usually just by touching them they go bright again. On mine they just lift out of the recess, perhaps they haven't been fitted correctly in the first place. Pete . P.S Haven't tried to take them out but they are fitted loosely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpstart Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Well done Derek ,it is precisely that...a wiring fault. I’ve removed the wiring trunking and went through wiggling each connection and have found one that allows the lights to come on. As far as the actual LED strip light it is stuck to the surface but not actually able to get to. Thanks for the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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