Keep up the good work Mike & Missy. We here at Camp Margaritaville FL, and our 2021 Solitude the awning lights have started failing - great video for me DIY while we down here. Thanks Again. 😃👍😎
I have attempted to place an order for the led lights with Carefree. After entering all info including credit card info while the site said “processing “ it then stated the site was not valid. I have attempted calling and emailing this company and have been unable to reach them. I did stay on hold for 43 minutes and finally left a message requesting a call back but have not heard from anyone. How do you get in touch with them???
Hey Mike I reached out to Carefree about your problems with trying to plane an order and they would like to reach out to you. Can you email me a phone number or email that they can reach you? Thecampoholics@gmail.com
GD must have used cheap LEDs here. 1/3 of mine are out on the awnings and about 1/4 of the front cap. I've seen several other GD units with them out as well. Don't think either has hit anywhere close to 10k hours, lol.
I bought these and it is easy to remove and replaced on my Winnebago Trend. Turned my switch and Like Christmas NOTHING. Checked fuses all are fine. So once connected try turning them on. If they work, east to put into the channel after removing the backing tape. If not RETURN. don't be me
Do you know why these LEDs burn out so quickly? I have a Solitude, when the awning is rolled up, and you turn on the auto lights on the One touch screen, the awning lights come on but they are rolled up. LEDs do not put out many watts, but they do heat up. No big deal if the awning is open but when the awning is rolled up, the heat has no where to go hence reducing the life of the LEDs. I even called Lippert on how to disable the awning LEDs from the auto function, they said there isn't anyway. Way to go engineers... I am an electrical engineer, I will find a way to disable the awning lights. My Solitude is a 2022, the LEDs started blinking out almost 6 months later. Now almost all of them are out. Right now, if we use the auto on, for the interior lights, we manual toggle the awning light, but now the red light is lit. But with auto on, the red light doesn't come on. Nice work guys.
You've replaced them once already, and now less than a year your replacing them again, yet your still using CAREFREE lights ? Our Stuck to the Awning fabric, and now there's pieces of LED strip stuck to the Awning in several spots. Dont think I'll be using CAREFREE, as its obvious from your video I'll be replacing them again in about a year ! ! ! 😮
Nice lights. Now I know who to call for my handyman!!! Lol.
HA! Thanks Super Fan!
Wow, that was quite simple, was kinda scared to do it myself. Thanks Campoholics!
Thanks Phil!
Simple install. Thank you!
You are welcome Phil.
Keep up the good work Mike & Missy.
We here at Camp Margaritaville FL, and our 2021 Solitude the awning lights have started failing - great video for me DIY while we down here. Thanks Again. 😃👍😎
Aww shucks☺️…Thank you for taking the time to comment!
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Good job 👍
Thanks for the visit
Great 😊
Our front cap has looked like that for 4 years
I was told that if you take down the forward wall in the basement you can access them. Haven’t explored that yet.
I have attempted to place an order for the led lights with Carefree. After entering all info including credit card info while the site said “processing “ it then stated the site was not valid. I have attempted calling and emailing this company and have been unable to reach them. I did stay on hold for 43 minutes and finally left a message requesting a call back but have not heard from anyone. How do you get in touch with them???
Hey Mike I reached out to Carefree about your problems with trying to plane an order and they would like to reach out to you. Can you email me a phone number or email that they can reach you? Thecampoholics@gmail.com
Will do. Thanks so much.
Hey Mike. Carefree has sent you and email and called and left a VM. They are trying to reach you!
GD must have used cheap LEDs here. 1/3 of mine are out on the awnings and about 1/4 of the front cap. I've seen several other GD units with them out as well. Don't think either has hit anywhere close to 10k hours, lol.
Ours started going out after like 5 months of use.
Lol…I see what you did here. 🥃 nice!
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I bought these and it is easy to remove and replaced on my Winnebago Trend. Turned my switch and Like Christmas NOTHING. Checked fuses all are fine. So once connected try turning them on. If they work, east to put into the channel after removing the backing tape. If not RETURN. don't be me
Thanks for sharing
Do you know why these LEDs burn out so quickly? I have a Solitude, when the awning is rolled up, and you turn on the auto lights on the One touch screen, the awning lights come on but they are rolled up. LEDs do not put out many watts, but they do heat up. No big deal if the awning is open but when the awning is rolled up, the heat has no where to go hence reducing the life of the LEDs. I even called
Lippert on how to disable the awning LEDs from the auto function, they said there isn't anyway. Way to go engineers... I am an electrical engineer, I will find a way to disable the awning lights. My Solitude is a 2022, the LEDs started blinking out almost 6 months later. Now almost all of them are out. Right now, if we use the auto on, for the interior lights, we manual toggle the awning light, but now the red light is lit. But with auto on, the red light doesn't come on. Nice work guys.
Hmmmm.. So I tried what you stated and had mine rolled up for 3 days with the lights on and when unrolled, I have a few lights out!
Where did you get the light strip? Please don’t say camping world. Thanks.
Hello Dean, here is an Amazon link amzn.to/3TvpLHO
Kind of annoying they dont last very long. Thanks for the video.
Yeah, I get about a year to year and half out of ours.
You've replaced them once already, and now less than a year your replacing them again, yet your still using CAREFREE lights ?
Our Stuck to the Awning fabric, and now there's pieces of LED strip stuck to the Awning in several spots. Dont think I'll be using CAREFREE, as its obvious from your video I'll be replacing them again in about a year ! ! ! 😮
It happens.