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Old 08-07-2011, 09:43 AM
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Recently I had a moisture in my right Led eyebrow and it worked just fine, but I had a stupid idea to get the moisture out by taking the headlight out and puting it in a warm place (near the radiator) I waited for about 4 days and nothing changed so I decided to put my headlight back. Now my headlights right eyebrow is not working proper, only 2 leadlights is now working on that right eyebrow and is not as bright as before. Left side is working just fine but the right side eyebrow is having problems.

So I would like to ask for a suggestions! What should I do? Is there any fuse I need to change? Is there any wire or any other method to fix this?

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Search for the white led eyebrow mod thread, but you will need to narrow it down to determine if it's short circuit or defective led.
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I have the same problem with my left eyebrow. Occasionally it works fine though...
There's no fuse for that, because it's probably a contact problem. A true fix would be cutting the eyebrow section open and change the leds, but it isn't very easy job to perform.
Try the following at first:
1) Unplug the eyebrow cable
2) Attach some kind of an adjustable power supply to the eyebrow plug
3) At first give the eyebrows approx. 16-17 volts, they should lighten up
4) Then turn the voltage down to 13-14, they should stay on
5) Leave the power supply attached for hours, or days

This helps me to get the eyebrows work properly for months usually. Sometimes I have to repeat the procedure. Haven't got enough courage to cut the headlight open and properly fix them.

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Originally Posted by Anzafin
I have the same problem with my left eyebrow. Occasionally it works fine though...
There's no fuse for that, because it's probably a contact problem. A true fix would be cutting the eyebrow section open and change the leds, but it isn't very easy job to perform.
Try the following at first:
1) Unplug the eyebrow cable
2) Attach some kind of an adjustable power supply to the eyebrow plug
3) At first give the eyebrows approx. 16-17 volts, they should lighten up
4) Then turn the voltage down to 13-14, they should stay on
5) Leave the power supply attached for hours, or days

This helps me to get the eyebrows work properly for months usually. Sometimes I have to repeat the procedure. Haven't got enough courage to cut the headlight open and properly fix them.

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Yea same! but thanx for the suggestion will try this!!!
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Will it charge with only 12V, I just can't find power supply with 17V !? Maybe you could suggest witch power supply to use?

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Will it charge with only 12V, I just can't find power supply with 17V !? Maybe you could suggest witch power supply to use?

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Same problem here. Any updates?
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Start by reading the detailed description of the fix in this very thread..
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