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Lights of America 7200LED-BN LED Lights being hacked

The earlier post about repairing the Lights of America 7200LED-BN lights has generated quite a few comments and provided for a lively discussion but I end it at a rather pessimistic note: ” you can repair it now but eventually the light will fail again”. That’s because this has been my experience with all lights I’ve repaired so far. They have 24 original LEDs and after just a few hours of use another LED inevitable burns out.

Encouraged by one of my visitors, CharlySays , I decided to investigate the issue further and see if anything can be done to increase the useful life of these lights.  Besides, the lights have been dark for almost half a year now and I was ready to remove them from under the cabinet and possibly replace with mini CFL lights of a similar form factor.

Keep reading for the results of the hacking exercise:  Read the rest of this entry »

Lights of America 7200LED-BN package

Let me make it perfectly clear: if you see these sold in Walmart or elsewhere, stay away! This horrible product’s UPC is 755277720037 and the full part number is 7200LEDBN3VP. These are 120V-60Hz 2.5W (35mA) white LED “under cabinet” lights (“luminairs” as the manufacturer calls them) made in China and marketed by Lights of America, Inc. of Walnut, CA.

The manufacturer touts these as saving energy, linkable and longer lasting accent lights. I agree with the first two points but the “longer lasting” is a very relative term here. Let me put it this way: some (not all) did actually last longer than I was unpacking them but none lasted longer than 10 hours. And a couple were simply DOA (dead on arrival). Below is my collection of broken “Lights of America” LED lights. Read the rest of this entry »