How to convert to LED lighting
Hi, I think some of you will be interested in how I converted my RV lights to LED. I initially tried 12 volt LED bulbs about 5 years go, and they were not satisfactory: they were expensive, didn'...
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clinthia wrote:
Could you please show your florescent conversion? Are these the lights you purchased?
Thanks, Clint
Hi Clint, yes, those 6x8 panels are identical to most of the panels I bought. You will want to buy the ones where the LEDs are yellow when not illuminated -- these produce a beautiful warm white light.
Last summer I also bought some 6x6 panels (36 LED), and in fact those are what I used when I converted the florescent fixture because that was all I had handy. Here is a picture, with the diffuser removed:
This is my main light fixture, located in the center of my ceiling. I am really loving this light.
I left the original rocker switch in place, but used it to toggle on/off three of the panels, creating a "two level light". For the main power I added the red switch, which is push on/push off.
Somebody asked why I tore apart a perfectly good florescent light. The answer is that these LED lights are better in all aspects -- LED lighting is the wave of the future.
For the florescent conversion, I had to extend the wires on 4 of the 6 LED panels (connections are soldered, and insulated with heat-shrink tubing).
Later....
