RT-AC68U Most used LEDs (WAN, Power..) seem to fade away a bit (get dimmer) because of high mileage?

[Diamond67]

many cars/trucks now days have Blue LED's as interior/dashboard lighting, and it does have a negative impact on night vision compared to the old-school greenish - and red is better there

Off track, or off topic is my middle name. I mean, red or green?:
http://www.astromax.org/activities/members/kniffen.htm

 

[pdoyle]

Should I take a shower too?

Bahaha!

 

[pdoyle]

Yes, it can be anything. As long as it is just shows up as LED issue I don't care. I am just surprised my RT-N66U was not alone with another silly hardware weakness (after the self releasing power switch).
My RT-AC68W's power switch self - released once (so far); so it's a known hardware issue?! cheap...

 

[dlandiss]

I was the project engineer on a handset (back before Smart Phones), and we did some variations - some with blue, some with green, and some with orange LED backlights - oddly enough, customers responded more favorably to the Blue, however, we had data that showed much better night performance with red and green...

Not surprising. We humans have a long history of acting against our own best interests.

 

[TonyH]

Me too. And I actually hate (extremely bright) blue LEDs. I prefer old school red, green and amber LEDs. They are much more eye friendly.

I only keep the power LED on, all others off. On theory all solid state components have a life span but I never seen anyone who died from old age yet, LOL!

 

[Diamond67]

Might be time to remove the thin layer of dust that accumulated over the years.

This is not me!:

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