Living Room LED lights

talltexan · 01-15-2016, 04:51 PM

One of the smaller 3 and a quarter inch overhead (in the livingroom slide) LED lights is not working. I removed the lens and tried to remove the LED light, but it is hard wired. Does anyone have experience fixing/replacing such a light?

rynosback · 01-16-2016, 05:59 AM

I will let you know as I have one in route to me. It looks like you remove the cover and pull three screws and just unplug it. Then plug in the new one and screw it back in and install the glass. Should know for sure soon.

ToddWolff · 01-16-2016, 07:00 AM

I just did this last night. I happened to be at the dealer having some warranty work done and when to their parts dept to buy one. Mine was a 4" but it was also hardwired. I wasn't really happy that the connector was crimped also so I had to cut the wire to get it out. I ended up adding some disconnects wire connectors so that if I had to do it again I could just unplug it and replace it.

As far as replacing it, for me, I had to remove the glass and then unscrew the 3 outside screws. I cut the wires and added the new connectors, shoved the assembly back into the ceiling, screwed the 3 screws and replaced the glass. It was pretty quick and easy.

I'M not used to 12volt so I kept the switch off not knowing it would zap you like 110. I just played it save just in case.

GordonsontheGo · 01-16-2016, 08:06 PM

I am also having issues with the 3" LED lights in my door side living room slide. I've had 7 of the 10 3" LED lights go bad on me in the three months I've had the 2016 MS. I've also had one on the off door slide go out. DRV sent me replacement light fixtures but, as previously posted, I discovered that they have to be hard wired and the original connector is crimped. When I called DRV about the lights I got the impression that they are having a lot of issues with these lights. I was going to re-wire the lights myself but, given how many I've lost on the one slide, I'm thinking there may be a bigger issue so I'm taking it to a service garage.

JBurg · 01-17-2016, 12:17 AM

I just had three lights go out on me as well. Well, two went dim and one went completely out.

GordonsontheGo · 01-17-2016, 02:21 AM

We have four lights that are completely out; three are dim; and one flashes on and off like a strobe light. The flashing light is so annoying that we have to keep the light switch turned off for that circuit which keeps us from using one of the lights that would work otherwise.

talltexan · 01-18-2016, 03:55 AM

Thanks for the replies, but they make me wonder what DRV's design people were thinking? I also have ordered two replacement lights from DRV that I will have to install with disconnects I will rig up. For a very nice up scale trailer, this seems to be a mickey mouse way of installing lights. My new trailer was made in August, came to the dealer in September, and I picked it up new in early October and to discover these kinds of problems with LED lights is very disappointing.
John

GordonsontheGo · 01-18-2016, 03:21 PM

We also picked up our DRV in October. I've noticed that the replacement lights that I've received from DRV appear to be of a different design. I heard that DRV was getting a lot of complaints about the original LED lights and I suspect that they have now gone to a new part. It makes me wonder if, after I replace the 9 currently defective lights, I will have problems with the remaining original LED lights in the future.

dapperdan · 01-18-2016, 04:27 PM

Wow, I hope it was just a bad batch of LEDs. We haven't had any trouble with the lights per se in our 2015 but did have a problem with one of the light switches controlling the 4 lights closest to the rear of the coach in the ceiling. That was one of the things we had taken care of during our visit in November at DRV.

Dan

GordonsontheGo · 01-20-2016, 03:00 AM

I replaced 7 of the defective LED lights today and the difference is like day and night. It was moderately challenging since the new lights had to be hard wired and the original wiring was in crimped connectors. This required cutting and stripping the old wires before re-wiring the new lights. The new LED lights I got from DRV are quite different from the original ones. I plan to get a few more of the new lights from DRV and replace the lights that, although not dead, are considerably dimmer than the new lights.

talltexan · 01-26-2016, 12:28 AM

I replaced one LED light today with the quick disconnect change. Works fine. Not necessarily brighter, though.

GordonsontheGo · 01-26-2016, 02:27 AM

After replacing 7 of the 10 LED lights on the door side slide, one of the remaining 3 is now flashing like a strobe light. I've requested more LED light fixtures from DRV and, at the rate these lights are failing, I'll probably end up needing them all. It's very strange that 8 of the 10 lights in one slide have failed in less than 4 months and only 1 other of the 3" LED lights throughout the rig has died. It makes me suspect the door side slide was mis-wired somehow.

JBurg · 03-06-2016, 04:00 AM

It seems like I haven't been very active on this forum lately, so I thought this update would be a good "return post."

I just received my replacement lights from DRV. They shipped them out in a very timely manner, as normal. Mark mentioned that they don't think they had a bad batch of lights, rather the problem is that the insulation settles into the LED's causing them to overheat. The suggested fix is to pull the lights and move the insulation if needed.

JBurg · 04-20-2016, 06:12 PM

Update on the lights-

We ended up replacing six of the little lights that had burned out. The insulation thing seems to not really be the issue, as some of the lights replaced didn't have any touching them at all. Also, the new lights are significantly different in design and amount of LEDS than the old ones. Since replacing the old lights I've had several more go bad or start "strobing." Seriously, this strobing could cause mental issues. Anyway, DRV is sending out more lights along with a couple spares. Prompt service, as always. Hopefully we don't have anymore of these things go out.

GordonsontheGo · 04-22-2016, 04:26 AM

I knew the insulation was not the problem. I recently had to replace another 3" LED light that started strobing. Since it was in the bathroom, I had no choice but to replace the light immediately. Fortunately I still had a couple of extra lights DRV had sent me. I've now replaced so many of these that I can now do the replacement pretty quickly. The new lights are clearly superior to the ones that were installed originally.

JBurg · 05-23-2016, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by GordonsontheGo

I knew the insulation was not the problem. I recently had to replace another 3" LED light that started strobing. Since it was in the bathroom, I had no choice but to replace the light immediately. Fortunately I still had a couple of extra lights DRV had sent me. I've now replaced so many of these that I can now do the replacement pretty quickly. The new lights are clearly superior to the ones that were installed originally.

There's definitely a huge difference between the old lights and the replacement lights. And, speaking of the old lights, I have lost a few more. Two above the island and another in the door side slide. Glad Drv sent me a couple spares, but I'm afraid with the way things are going I'm probably going to lose more.

GordonsontheGo · 05-23-2016, 09:19 PM

I contacted Greg again last week and he's sending me some more of these 3" lights. I've had two more die; one of them does the strobe light thing from time to time so I'm anxious to replace it before the strobe effect is constant. I've now replaced about half of the 3" lights in my MS since January. I got my rig in November 2015 so there's still time for the rest to fail. The good news is that none of the replacement lights have failed yet. I still think we got a bad batch of lights; the new ones are clearly better designed.

JBurg · 05-24-2016, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by GordonsontheGo

I contacted Greg again last week and he's sending me some more of these 3" lights. I've had two more die; one of them does the strobe light thing from time to time so I'm anxious to replace it before the strobe effect is constant. I've now replaced about half of the 3" lights in my MS since January. I got my rig in November 2015 so there's still time for the rest to fail. The good news is that none of the replacement lights have failed yet. I still think we got a bad batch of lights; the new ones are clearly better designed.

We got our rig the end of July, 2015. Wonder how many rigs out there were fitted with these things...

Cummins12V98 · 05-24-2016, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JBurg

We got our rig the end of July, 2015. Wonder how many rigs out there were fitted with these things...

Ours was delivered in April of 15 and have had no issues. I wonder if they started using something of lesser quality after ours was made? #7814

JBurg · 05-25-2016, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cummins12V98

Ours was delivered in April of 15 and have had no issues. I wonder if they started using something of lesser quality after ours was made? #7814

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