"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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My EZLoader trailer is only one year old and already half the
supposedly waterproof LED lights have failed. Some have water
sloshing around in them and some have obvious condensation. Do other
people have this problem with EZLoader? What do y'all reccomend to
replace these POS lights?
My guess is that you are facing what every trailerboater faces every
year or so: trailers lights going teats up. There's really no way to
seal a light when all sides of it are underwater, with wires coming out
the back side.
There most certainly ARE ways to seal them. But, the slackers who make
these things don't have a clue. Divers carry underwater lights, right?
This isn't rocket science.
I thought divers' lights were self-contained, without wires coming out
the backside.
It still doesn't matter. There's a process known as "potting", which
involves filling a device with epoxy to completely seal out the elements,
or prevent arcing between adjacent circuit components. When I was just out
of college, I worked for a company that made various electrical
components, mostly for the military. This is exactly what we did to many
of the devices, some of which had wires coming out of them.
Companies who make so-called sealed tail lights simply haven't bothered to
take the next step in terms of making their products work as advertised.
Hard to pot a set of lights, as the lights get covered up. I went to LED's
on my trailer and the kit from Bass Proshops lasted about 1.5 years. Last
set, forgot where I got them, is still working a year later. Probably best
to coat all the seams and wire entry points with a good silicone sealer.