I had just begun working on the same issue, with the same LED lights from Barrina. I identified the bad LED by sight, with the burned spot on top. I hadn't gone ahead with the repair, got too cold in the garage. Thanks for the explanatory video.
Hey thanks for your video. I got 7 of these in my garage and 4 were dead. I did follow your instruction and they all came back to life. I’d like to add that you don’t need to fix all five from a group. Solder only 1 in the faulty group will do the trick. Also, you don’t need to cut the wires at the end, you can actually remove the connector by folding the 4 small pins but it’s kind of very fragile. Keep up the good work!
Ya. They all burnt out on me, except for 1 that I put 2 of the strips in one bulb, and wired them together in parallel. That one still works, but for some strange reason, a couple of the LED'S are blinking back and forth like christmas lights just recently.
Update: they all died again. I believe the repair just add voltage to the other led, burning them faster. I was thinking about adding a resistance to the circuit. Any toughts about that?
Sir, I wish I had found your video three months ago before 16 dead lights from this same manufacture got tossed. UGH! I thought the DC driver was toast. Going to try this process on the three units that just died. Thanks for the video and knowledge.
This is a good video and I have repaired LEDs like this before but I had found a video on TH-cam before that I can't seem to find again,, that a man showed how to brighten up dim LED strip lights and it was something not very difficult at all to fix but I can't seem to find that video and was thinking this video was possibly it
These fixes did not last long. I actually tried to solder 2 strips that I fixed, and soldered them together in parallel, and that one has been working for a long time. I'm thinking the ballasts in these are overpowered, for one strip or something.
@@RustBeltAuto a friend of mine told me the transistor in a lot of the LED lights will get weak over time causing them to fail when you will have a strip that contains some dim LED lights and the rest of the strip might be at the proper brightness but he said that is the transistor that is failing when that happens and sometimes you can change out the transistor and the strip will work properly
The problem with all the LED bulbs produced is they are current overdriven. See this often with LED TVs. I tell people to turn the backlighting down to 50% if they want their TV to last more than a couple of years.
Yes. These are listed as super bright daylight bulbs. They are very bright. I did the video with full sun in my window. They have 4000k soft white bulbs, but I really like the lighting of these.
I have a 2 in 1 LED magnifier floor lamp that stopped working. I was wondering if I could use a different amp instead of the 1 amp? I can’t find one where I live. Thank you.
@@eyes2see438 you could try using 2 AA or 1.5v batteries in series with a 330 ohm resistor. That might work too. 1 amp 12v battery chargers are literally everywhere here, so it was easy for me
Your soldering technique would benefit from using flux and putting a bare bridge wire across the gaps rather than to build up the solder over the gaps. This is a waste of solder and is messy.
I have the exact same lights with the exact same problem. Would love to get them working again. This video is great. Just one question - why the resister and does it have to be that size? Thanks
It opposes flow, and reduces voltage across terminals. Too much resistance may not light up, or go dim, too little may burn out the LED. 1 OHM seems to work pretty good with a 1 amp charger.
@@RustBeltAuto I want to thank you for this video. I had 8 of these Barrina lights fail, and I was able to fix all of them. I did it a little different then you did. After taking apart, in a darkened room, I plugged the light in. The leds glowed dimly and I was able to mark the ones that did not glow at all. I looked for groups of 5 that were out or most were out. After scraping and soldier those ones, plugged it in and the light worked full, just with some dead spots. But they work.
I wonder if it would have worked if you removed and bridged just the burnt out LED(s) from strip #2. You should have tested that to see if the other LEDs would work instead of removing all 5
None light up. Looks like the strip is both series, and parallel. If one in the series circuit works, all other parallel groups work. The first one was a head scratcher.
If you will take a thin copper wire (one strand of a stranded copper wire) and cut it to the length of the led diode and lay that little wire to create a bridge across the gap you are trying to solder, you won't have any trouble getting the solder to also bridge the gap.
Mine did the same, I found that you can buy them directly from Alibaba for a few bucks each. I paid 68 for 6 as well. Now I see they cost like 3-5 each!
I did not know this. So you can get them China direct? Do you have a link? Do they take a month to get? I wish I could buy them without all the wiring, and switches. I like the lighting, they make for great video.
Agreed. This was my first attempt. They all burned out. I wired 2 of these "fixed" burned strips together in parallel, stuffed both into the tube, with one driver, and that one is still working. A commenter suggested that the driver is overpowered, and that is why they burn out so fast. Since I did that, and it is still working, I think he might be right about that.
I had just begun working on the same issue, with the same LED lights from Barrina. I identified the bad LED by sight, with the burned spot on top. I hadn't gone ahead with the repair, got too cold in the garage. Thanks for the explanatory video.
Missin your videos man, where ya been? Watching you work on cars gives me the motivation to go work on my victim's cars
Taking a break.
Hey thanks for your video. I got 7 of these in my garage and 4 were dead. I did follow your instruction and they all came back to life. I’d like to add that you don’t need to fix all five from a group. Solder only 1 in the faulty group will do the trick. Also, you don’t need to cut the wires at the end, you can actually remove the connector by folding the 4 small pins but it’s kind of very fragile. Keep up the good work!
Ya. They all burnt out on me, except for 1 that I put 2 of the strips in one bulb, and wired them together in parallel. That one still works, but for some strange reason, a couple of the LED'S are blinking back and forth like christmas lights just recently.
Are you saying the bulbs that you fixed eventually quit working totally? @@RustBeltAuto
@@themailman83 yes. Except one that i wired two strips together in parallel, and stuck in the same bulb. That one still works.
Update: they all died again. I believe the repair just add voltage to the other led, burning them faster. I was thinking about adding a resistance to the circuit. Any toughts about that?
Sir, I wish I had found your video three months ago before 16 dead lights from this same manufacture got tossed. UGH! I thought the DC driver was toast. Going to try this process on the three units that just died. Thanks for the video and knowledge.
After i did this, they burnt out again. Had to buy new ones. Nice try though.
This is a good video and I have repaired LEDs like this before but I had found a video on TH-cam before that I can't seem to find again,, that a man showed how to brighten up dim LED strip lights and it was something not very difficult at all to fix but I can't seem to find that video and was thinking this video was possibly it
These fixes did not last long. I actually tried to solder 2 strips that I fixed, and soldered them together in parallel, and that one has been working for a long time. I'm thinking the ballasts in these are overpowered, for one strip or something.
@@RustBeltAuto a friend of mine told me the transistor in a lot of the LED lights will get weak over time causing them to fail when you will have a strip that contains some dim LED lights and the rest of the strip might be at the proper brightness but he said that is the transistor that is failing when that happens and sometimes you can change out the transistor and the strip will work properly
Thanks i appreciate your video 🎉
The problem with all the LED bulbs produced is they are current overdriven. See this often with LED TVs. I tell people to turn the backlighting down to 50% if they want their TV to last more than a couple of years.
Yes. These are listed as super bright daylight bulbs. They are very bright. I did the video with full sun in my window. They have 4000k soft white bulbs, but I really like the lighting of these.
I have a 2 in 1 LED magnifier floor lamp that stopped working. I was wondering if I could use a different amp instead of the 1 amp? I can’t find one where I live. Thank you.
@@eyes2see438 you could try using 2 AA or 1.5v batteries in series with a 330 ohm resistor. That might work too. 1 amp 12v battery chargers are literally everywhere here, so it was easy for me
Is the resistor nessessary for this? What is the purpose?
@@shanglang133 safety
@@RustBeltAutoso it won't blow the bulbs if I use 12 volt directly without a 1k resistor right? I'm using a 12-volt 1 amp Source like you.
@@shanglang133 ya
@@RustBeltAuto Ya it will overload the bulbs without the 1k or ya it won't?
@@shanglang133 ya
You make it look so simple. But I don’t have the patience you have. How was your vacation?
It just looks like I have patience. I'm still on vacation.
Your soldering technique would benefit from using flux and putting a bare bridge wire across the gaps rather than to build up the solder over the gaps. This is a waste of solder and is messy.
Agreed. What would you expect from a car mechanic.
I have the exact same lights with the exact same problem. Would love to get them working again. This video is great. Just one question - why the resister and does it have to be that size? Thanks
It opposes flow, and reduces voltage across terminals. Too much resistance may not light up, or go dim, too little may burn out the LED. 1 OHM seems to work pretty good with a 1 amp charger.
@@RustBeltAuto I want to thank you for this video. I had 8 of these Barrina lights fail, and I was able to fix all of them. I did it a little different then you did. After taking apart, in a darkened room, I plugged the light in. The leds glowed dimly and I was able to mark the ones that did not glow at all. I looked for groups of 5 that were out or most were out. After scraping and soldier those ones, plugged it in and the light worked full, just with some dead spots. But they work.
@@RustBeltAuto 1K ohms - not 1 ohm
I wonder if it would have worked if you removed and bridged just the burnt out LED(s) from strip #2. You should have tested that to see if the other LEDs would work instead of removing all 5
None light up. Looks like the strip is both series, and parallel. If one in the series circuit works, all other parallel groups work. The first one was a head scratcher.
good job on trouble shooting. you might want to watch a video on soldering it will save you time when you do repairs
If you will take a thin copper wire (one strand of a stranded copper wire) and cut it to the length of the led diode and lay that little wire to create a bridge across the gap you are trying to solder, you won't have any trouble getting the solder to also bridge the gap.
Mine did the same, I found that you can buy them directly from Alibaba for a few bucks each. I paid 68 for 6 as well. Now I see they cost like 3-5 each!
I did not know this. So you can get them China direct? Do you have a link? Do they take a month to get? I wish I could buy them without all the wiring, and switches. I like the lighting, they make for great video.
@@RustBeltAuto PS: this is where 99% of ebayers are drop shipping from, unless its the supplier themself.
Anti-clockwise is incorrect because it is same movement in reverse or Counterclockwise.. Anti implies the opposite..
mine seem to be the power supply cause the entire fixture went out
Yes. The entire fixture will not work, if 1 series circuit stops working. Like Xmas lights.
... just for info.. it will work for only a short time and burn the other led.. a better way is replace the off group with a diode..
Agreed. This was my first attempt. They all burned out. I wired 2 of these "fixed" burned strips together in parallel, stuffed both into the tube, with one driver, and that one is still working. A commenter suggested that the driver is overpowered, and that is why they burn out so fast. Since I did that, and it is still working, I think he might be right about that.
@@RustBeltAuto ... try making a more tolerant driver with damper resistor.. it could workbetter.. 🙏
@@edsantos6627 i dont know how.
Leds suck. I thought they were supposed to be this great revolutionary new type of lighting and they just suck.
The daylight bulbs make the best light for video. Video lighting used to be extremely expensive. Also, flourescent bulbs might more than equally suck.
Also, they would be so hot and risk burning everything around them.
why not just put a small jumper wire across the burnt out board, less soldering
I dont know.
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