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hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

My headlight connector got a little melty, just enough to get loose and stop working, just wore out I suppose.

I bought one on Amazon, along with new bulbs, installed it, and within an hour the new connector had catastrophically melted and shorted out enough to blow the fuse.

I should’ve known, the wire felt cheap, copper clad aluminum. But I thought it would be fine, it’s just a headlight 🤷‍♂️

Now I’ve got a replacement from the local auto parts. So far so good.

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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This is a problem with all auto parts, even from NAPA supplying to garages. Mechanics are going broke replacing defective “new” parts.

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- hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Makes sense. I work at a different type of repair shop, we just had a brand new $400 battery go up in smoke on first power up. Ridiculous.
  
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DoctorPress@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Did you receive refunds or do amazon and scammers got away with it?

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- hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  They got away with it. I bought the part months ago after bodging a fix on the stock connector. By time the bodge failed, the return window closed. It was $5 so unfortunately not worth my time fighting it.
  
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BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Oh god yeah, so many LED grow lamps and LED drivers that melted or burned out well below their rated amperage. Leaves one to wonder if an entire house is worth saving $10.

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