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Michael Kennedy Michael Kennedy is offline
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Default LED Light Emitters: Failure Mode?


"mc" wrote in message
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Gradual dimming is the normal way LEDs wear out. I thought it took years,
though.


If you overdrive them it will happen much faster. I've done that a few times
playing with LEDs.

Mike