CEILING LED LIGHT FIXTURES FLICKERING

[jtelles3993]

Most of the lights in my 21 developed the flicker issue during our cross country. Over the course of the trip, I eventually pulled  them all and cleaned the shavings out. Easy enough to do and the problem is now fixed.

[bobbie56]

This past weekend I had to do the same. Lots of metal filings in my 21RBS too. Also did the speakers as well, but that seemed to be styrofoam and not so much the shavings.

[christianm]

Ok- so reading through this thread, I would like to take this to our GM/Head or production. I think that it wouldn't be a difficult fix (just some clean up!) and it would save YOUR time and effort and OUR warranty dollars  (rofl)

SO, would I simply need to tell him that the aluminum drill shavings are causing wiring/lighting malfunctions? Or does it bear a more technical explanation. Let me know what you guys think! 

[bobbie56]

In general, those metal filings seem to be all over the place. I am still cleaning them out of the cabinets.

[tinkeringtechie]

[quote source="/post/14361/thread" timestamp="1440003873" author="@gibby"]In general, those metal filings seem to be all over the place. I am still cleaning them out of the cabinets.[/quote]This. They need to spend 20 minutes with a shopvac cleaning out all the cavities of foam and aluminum. I've found other bits (wire loom, connectors,  pieces of conduit) inside closed areas. Those would have to be removed by hand, but the person creating that mess just needs to be more aware.

[whoofit]

[quote source="/post/14359/thread" timestamp="1439999599" author="@christianm"]Ok- so reading through this thread, I would like to take this to our GM/Head or production. I think that it wouldn't be a difficult fix (just some clean up!) and it would save YOUR time and effort and OUR warranty dollars  (rofl)

SO, would I simply need to tell him that the aluminum drill shavings are causing wiring/lighting malfunctions? Or does it bear a more technical explanation. Let me know what you guys think! [/quote]This seems to be a step missed on some trailers, not all, Christian. I have experienced shavings  in only one light diffuser and have had all my fixtures apart to check for this.

[shortcircuit]

Paul, I am pretty sure those 2 systems are independent of each other. Plugged my 16DB in with no battery installed and everything worked.

Hello all,

I was just scanning the website and looked at one of my earlier posts and saw this quote from Ammobob above.

IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO POWER UP THE 120 VOLT AC WITHOUT A BATTERY CONNECTED TO THE 12 VOLT SYSTEM. THE BATTERY CHARGER SYSTEM WILL PUT OUT A HIGHER VOLTAGE THAT COULD DAMAGE THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS IN YOUR TRAILER.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT BATTERY INSTALLED TO BE SAFE. I THINK I READ THIS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL OR THE CHARGING SYSTEM MANUAL.

Been having a great camping year in our 14DBS and loving it!!!!!

Happy camping,
Shortcircuit

[ammobob]

[quote source="/post/14579/thread" timestamp="1440547484" author="@shortcircuit"][quote source="/post/11875/thread" timestamp="1433245943" author="@ammobob"]Paul, I am pretty sure those 2 systems are independent of each other. Plugged my 16DB in with no battery installed and everything worked.[/quote]Hello all,

I was just scanning the website and looked at one of my earlier posts and saw this quote from Ammobob above.

IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO POWER UP THE 120 VOLT AC WITHOUT A BATTERY CONNECTED TO THE 12 VOLT SYSTEM. THE BATTERY CHARGER SYSTEM WILL PUT OUT A HIGHER VOLTAGE THAT COULD DAMAGE THE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS IN YOUR TRAILER.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT BATTERY INSTALLED TO BE SAFE. I THINK I READ THIS IN THE OWNERS MANUAL OR THE CHARGING SYSTEM MANUAL.

Been having a great camping year in our 14DBS and loving it!!!!!

Happy camping,
Shortcircuit[/quote]Fortunately the post was about lights so when I said everything worked on shore power with no battery I was talking about the lights. Only had it plugged into 15 amp 110 V. Sorry if what I said was misleading shortcircuit.

[jtelles3993]

Ok- so reading through this thread, I would like to take this to our GM/Head or production. I think that it wouldn't be a difficult fix (just some clean up!) and it would save YOUR time and effort and OUR warranty dollars  (rofl)

SO, would I simply need to tell him that the aluminum drill shavings are causing wiring/lighting malfunctions? Or does it bear a more technical explanation. Let me know what you guys think! 

I know for a fact that LL is aware of this issue. When I was talking to Don about my warranty registration right after we bought our 21, he brought this to my attention as an "oh by the way" - just to keep in mind should the lights ever start flickering. And they did.

[bobbie56]

It was this thread that I remembered when mine started to do it. It is so nice to know exactly what the problem is, and what to do to fix it. Makes life simple.

[monigeb]

[p][font face="arial"]I experience the same in the fixture above the table on my 21 RBS 2016; I can just not figure how to remove it; can someone help ?[/font][/p][p][font face="Arial"]
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[charliem]

[font size="3"]Push up and slide the clear lenses away from the switch. They are a bit stubborn, but they will come off. Inside there are four screws on each side. Remove them and the fixture will come free.
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[monigeb]

[p]Thank you Charlie, simple but not knowing I could have easily break it.[/p][p]I will eventually post my experience (bad) upon delivery of my unit [/p]

[fasteddieb]

Karen and I are camping at Big Ridge State Park, north of Knoxville, and guess what?

Our kitchen light just flickered!

First experience with this - will report back on what I find.

[pjcd]

Mine have been flickering on and off, (2015 Campsite 21RBS) I'll check for shavings, but I'm not surprised, I took out the furnace to fix a gas leak and the compartment was loaded with debris, not a little , ALOT,  shavings, plugs from where the hole saws were used and styrofoam. Virtually every compartment had aluminum shavings and styrofoam, how hard could it be to vacuum the units out during assembly?