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TheBum
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Topic: Porch light Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 4:23pm |
Originally posted by mcarter
Keith, new ones probably, my 2015 the front service light and the porch light I changed to LED. |
The 2016s also still had incandescent porch and front service lights.
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Alan
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mcarter
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 3:40pm |
Susie Q,
Put your ear by the converter, hear a fan?
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Mike Carter
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 3:24pm |
Keith, new ones probably, my 2015 the front service light and the porch light I changed to LED.
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Mike Carter
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Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:52pm |
When the bulbs in our 2011 177 were still incandescent it was common to hear the converter fan run if we had several lights on. Replacing them with LED bulbs eliminated that. Aren't a;; the 178s LED from the factory?
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TheBum
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:51pm |
I concur with the converter fan theory. Whether the fan comes on depends on the total 12V load at the time you flip the light on and probably the ambient temperature as well.
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Alan
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Susie Q
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:11pm |
The noise was coming on when I turn on the bathroom light, not the porch light. But now it's not happening, so it may remain a mystery. That said, I love my pod.
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OldNeumanntapr
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 10:55pm |
The fan on our converter has kicked on before unexpectedly and we couldn’t figure out where the noise was coming from.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 9:32pm |
+1 or 2.
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GlueGuy
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 8:06pm |
I was thinking the same thing as TT; maybe the converter kicking up a step. Put your ear down by the converter to see if that is the source of the fan noise.
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Tars Tarkas
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 7:20pm |
Where is the noise coming from? There are no fans directly connected to the lights but I suppose turning on a light could kick the converter into the next gear and cause it's fan to turn on. If that's it, it will go off in a while. (Are you connected to shore-power?)
TT
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