If you're anything like me, you've gotten up in the morning to discover that you've left your exterior light(s) on all night. And while you might not worry about battery drain with such a small draw, it can be annoying to neighbors.I had some 12V leds in various colors laying around, so I wired them to the switched side of my light switches and voila.

Neat idea, wonder why the manufacturers didn't think of it ? Thanks for sharing and happy camping

nineoaks2004 wrote:Neat idea, wonder why the manufacturers didn't think of it ? It might cost a nickle?Another idea is to install lighted switches. I replaced the water heater switches with lighted ones so that I can see at a glance if they are on.

Details on wiring please. Since LED's are on switched hot wire did you have to bring ground wire from somewhere to LED's?

Z-Peller wrote:Details on wiring please. Since LED's are on switched hot wire did you have to bring ground wire from somewhere to LED's?In my case, both hot and ground were there behind the panel for all the lights. I just tapped into the ground for the cathode side of the LED and attached the anode side to the switched connector on the appropriate switch.

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beemerphile1
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
My trailer came with lighted switches for all the outside lights. I still forget and leave them on occasionally in spite of the glowing red switch.
nadkaw1957
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
Harvey51 wrote:
Twelve volts across one LED would just burn it out. Must have been a "bulb" with 6 leds in series.

It's an LED manufactured for 12V. It has a resistor wired in series. These That's why I stated "12V"
nadkaw1957
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
beemerphile1 wrote:
My trailer came with lighted switches for all the outside lights. I still forget and leave them on occasionally in spite of the glowing red switch.

That's the thing I like about these LED's - they're bright enough that they light up the opposite wall at night if I leave them on... pretty hard to miss. :D
filrupmark
Explorer
Jun 05, 2017
I need that. The last time we were out my wife said, Did you know the outside light was on last night ? Hmmm, I guess I forgot. Imagine that !
RollandB
Explorer
Jun 06, 2017
A few years back we got a knock about 1130pm, had mistakenly left our bright (seldom used) outside light on. The next week I replaced all the outside light switches with illuminated ones once they were turned on.

Nice way you did your mod.
JTLance
Explorer
Jun 06, 2017
Lance uses these....a factory look and cheap.

http://www.americanrvcompany.com/JR-Products-12045-Single-Replacement-Lighted-On-or-Off-Switch-Camper-Trailer-RV

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