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Hi all - hoping someone has an idea how to repair these outdoor mounted LED lights - They are permanently mounted for providing light in the front entrance area. For awhile they were intermittent, and now just dead. I have verified good AC power to the lights. Other lights and devices on the circuit work fine. I don’t see anything obviously wrong with them. Anyone know of typical gotchas on these? Surface mount fuse or rectifier or something to look out for? Would like to be able to repair them rather than throw them away, they look great (when they work). I searched but it does not look like a common repair item (my luck…) Loving this site, so far I’ve been able to resurrect an XBOX and a 1st gen Apple TV among other things - hoping to be able to contribute as time goes on. Here is a picture of the installed light. I haven’t disassembled it yet, but I suspect its similar to any other. Been raining all day, but once it clears I’ll try to get more details.
thanks! adam
Sorry for the delay guys - I managed to get it fixed. I unfortunately didn’t have the time or patience to chase down the components, but I was able to find some replacement 2” LED pucks for not too much, and they actually seem to be weather proof (or at least resistant). They don’t appear to make the ones that were in it anymore (probably for good reason), but the closest available replacements are actually sealed units and so won’t rely on the chintzy “sealing” of the fixture. I removed the old ones, then had to drill and tap the inner plate so that I could mount the new ones. The B/W wires for power came out at 90 degrees rather than straight out the back, so I needed to drill a hole for that as well so they could pass through the back to the fixture mount. Works perfectly now and has survived one thunderstorm so far! I also managed to replace a battery and headphone jack in a Samsung Galaxy S8+, but that’s for another thread! Anyway, all sorted out - hopefully someone will see this and not feel they have to throw away their outdoor LED fixtures!
