steamed leds
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Forum Name: Lights, Neon, LEDs, HIDs
Forum Discription: Under Car Lighting, Strobe Lights, Fog Lights, Headlights, HIDs, DRL, Tail Lights, Brake Lights, Dashboard Lights, WigWag, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=96462
Printed Date: May 12, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Topic: steamed leds
Posted By: pipey
Subject: steamed leds
Date Posted: August 17, 2007 at 5:52 AM
Just put a new pair of back LEDs on Golf Mk4, they were fine for a few days but since it's been raining they have started steaming up does any one have any ideas on how to stop this? Thanks
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: August 17, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Did you replace your original bulb with these LEDs or did you drill a hole in the lens and add LEDs? If you drilled holes chances are the hole is too big and it is allowing moisture into the lens. If you replaced the bulbs. LEDs put out no heat compared to an incadescent bulb. The heat from the bulbs could have been helping to evaporate the moisture that was getting into the lens before.
Posted By: pipey
Date Posted: August 18, 2007 at 5:30 AM
They are completely new clusters, with LEDs already in there. Any thoughts?
Posted By: hotmilk400
Date Posted: August 18, 2007 at 7:03 PM
i guess the struct they are in isnt air tight, and let is some mosister , with the heat of the summer, it made it cloudy. i guess if you wash it out, it should remove all the haze? if its in there, u will need to remove it, it wont revome itself. u will need to find a way to make it air tight so air cant get in there to do that. hmm i could be wrong, i dont know what the encloser looks like, and stuff. Take some pictures maybe? im not sure where u are putting them.
Posted By: drew628
Date Posted: September 21, 2007 at 11:33 PM
i had those same ones, i took them back the next day .. i washed my car the steamed up .. they are CRAP
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