Halogen to Led Puck Conversion

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harobertson

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Thought I had it down. Replaced a bunch of lights in the RV with Halogen. Easy to do with the reading lights, door light and sconces. Reached a dead end in the bedroom.

Old Halogens were on a dimmer. Always not very bright. Two halogens, one dimmer.

Pulled them out and put in one new led puck to test. It worked but not well with the dimmer. Having a lot of trouble finding a replacement switch that looks good and fits. Decided to just couple the dimmer wires as a hot circuit and use the on/off switches on the puck lights to control. Installed and wired. I think correctly. No light.

Don't really know how the puck lights were setup. Series or parallel. Can't understand why removing the dimmer would cause them not to work.

Thoughts? Something other than stomping and hollering.

Harry

2006 Itasca Ellipse
2012 Cherokee Toad
 
I'm sure the puck lights are in parallel, but there's a good chance their polarity is reversed.  If it's a single pin socket, the positive wire should be on the center pin.  Polarity doesn't matter to an incandescent bulb, but an LED will only work if it's right.
 
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