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Title: Have I trashed my Side LED's?
Post by: jazzyvee on February 28, 2013, 10:43:39 AM

Just after I bought my first Europa bass in 2005 I decided to get some fretfx LED's and they have been great and only yesterday I changed the batteries for the first time for some new ones. But as it happens I wasn't concentrating when I did it and put them in the wrong way round. the lights came on briefly then stopped and when I put the batteries in the right way round i get no light from them.  
 
Have i really trashed them?  
Jazzyvee

Title: Have I trashed my Side LED's?
Post by: 811952 on February 28, 2013, 11:57:22 AM

I installed FretFX LEDs on a bass and they recommend storing them with the battery reversed in the clip.  Probably mine are a newer design (I got them in January), but I wouldn't think a button cell could possible destroy them.
 
John

Title: Have I trashed my Side LED's?
Post by: jazzyvee on February 28, 2013, 02:09:09 PM

Mine is the older one with two AAA batteries.
JAzzyvee

Title: Have I trashed my Side LED's?
Post by: tncaveman on February 28, 2013, 02:45:36 PM

unless there is something special w/ a circuit before the actual LED's, it should not hurt anything.  A LED is a diode, a simple electronic component that allows current to flow in one direction.  Check the batteries.  They might be bad.
 
Good Luck
 
Stephen

Title: Have I trashed my Side LED's?
Post by: tbrannon on March 01, 2013, 06:43:41 AM

Unless there was some sort of physical damage to the contacts for the batteries while you changed them, I can think of no reason why having them in backwards would cause any damage.  I've had the 'tab' or the 'spring' contact point break on a couple things in the past.