Author Topic: Have I trashed my Side LED's? (Read 156 times)

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

811952 · « **Reply #1 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

jazzyvee · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2013, 02:09:09 PM »

Mine is the older one with two AAA batteries.
JAzzyvee

tncaveman · « **Reply #3 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

tbrannon · « **Reply #4 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.