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Old 03-18-2013, 02:18 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
The good news is, that with pure DC, LED's should last virtually forever - or certainly longer than the car they are installed in.
They should, but often they don't. At least one of my LED chips is out, saw it flicker and die. It had only spent 0.001 % of its promised burning hours. All of my LEDs are quite new, but I am anxious to see if the rest will hold out.
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