Edgestar / VT28 cooler LED light inside?
 

I have an older VT 28 (looks like the new Edgestar 28) and the LED dome light just stopped working... I pulled the LED (mounted on a postage stamp sized circuit board) and nothing looks burnt? (Shown here by a penny for scale) Anyone have an issue with their dome light? How would I test it?

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...inotemp019.jpg

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...inotemp021.jpg

As well, there is a red LED in the cooler that never seems to ever light up... anyone know what purpose it serves?

The cooler works perfect 'cept for the dome light issue.

Re: Edgestar / VT28 cooler LED light inside?
 

That's solder.. doesn't look burnt to me.

As for testing it, you'd need to know the specs of the LED to properly apply a voltage to the + and - to test it.

And it'd have to be a DC votlage (ie. batteries)


EDIT: Nevermind.. almost looks like you have a rectifier circuit there leading into the LED...

EDIT2: Nevermind again.. Just looks like they soldered the holes closed so you didn't add anymore LED's.

Re: Edgestar / VT28 cooler LED light inside?
 

I would start with testing to see if you have power where that plugs in. Find out what kind of voltage you are supposed to have then get a multimeter and test.

Most LED's I have seen have always been in the 3v range.

Re: Edgestar / VT28 cooler LED light inside?
 

I was gonna say that most LEDs are either 1.5 or 3V... so you could just hook a battery or two up to it (NOT the 9V ones obviously)... the AAs would work great to test it...