Reply to "Direct Replacement LED Longevity"

stan2004OGR Forum Member

By happenstance, GregR photographed what appears to be some kind of marking on the outside of the bayonet that might indeed be at the same point where a few seconds of huge-heat is applied to the exterior wall.

However your answer is incomplete. To earn a gold star, you must articulate whether they apply (1) a blob of solder to the end of the LED lead, or (2) a blob of solder to the inner wall of the bayonet, or (3) both 1 and 2... before final assembly. Or identify some other method. I'm nominating GregR to be the arbiter. To be clear, I do not know the answer!

I guess my point is if they indeed go thru such machinations to install a resistor-LED combo, it would be only a minor incremental effort to add the 1-cent diode. A 64% failure rate (16 out of 25) after 1-year is no way to run a railroad... eek

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