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After about eight years and a similar failure last year, this came as no surprise: It’s a W5W “parking light” in the same fixture as the melty halogen high-beam bulbs (used as daytime running lights at half power), so it gets toasted on those occasions when we drive somewhere. The adhesive holding the LED strip…
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Enough power-on hours to suggest it won’t survive for another five years
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They probably won’t last that long, even with a Nov 2024 date code
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The transformer inside the DC supply weighs basically nothing
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The antenna has a cap under that heatshrink tubing
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Bypassing the entire battery controller doesn’t tell you when it thinks the lights should go out
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Many iterations of diligent scrubbing with denatured alcohol
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Particularly as it hasn’t leaked electrolyte all over
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 