What Happens if LED Light is Wired Backwards
Updated 02/25/2020 | Published 10/28/2016
Question:
if you switch from incandescent to LED, what happens if you accidentally wire it backwards? do the LEDs burn out?
asked by: Mike
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Expert Reply:
LED lights are diodes so if you were to wire them backwards on accident they just wouldn't light up. There would be no damage at all.
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Jameson C
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Would it trip the breaker if you reversed the hot and neutral wiring the first of 2 LED pendants in a daisy chain? 2 lamps & one switch - the second fixture works until the breaker trips... neither wire is marked in the fixture