Looking at going LED in my trailer and was wondering if anyone has used or has an opinion on these.

I've used the same 12 5050 led but in a G4 base. Close to the same light output as the halogens I replaced and you want the warm white. At that price, go for it.

12 of the SMD 5050 LED's is probably not bright enough. You would need to turn on both fixtures to equal one of of your bulbs. I have some 24 LED panels with 5050 lights in them, and turn on 2 of them to light up my hallway, it is pretty bright (48 of the LED's) and sometimes turn on both sides of the light fixture (96 LEDs).What I did is cut the wire going to the existing bulb holder, and wire in two of the adapters that came with the LED panel kit. Then I can plug in either 12 or 24 LED panels to the fixture, one or two. I picked two of the 24 LED panels, and it works out well, barely uses .4 amps for the two X 24 panels. I bought them at Aliexpress.com Search for 24 5050 LED and you will get a long list. Narrow the search check "Free Shipping" and then look for "List by lowest cost first".Then you will probably see offers for 1,000 of the LED panels at $1.8 each, and go down a page or so, to find lots of 10 for $2.45 each.For my porch light, I used 4 X the 24 LED panels, and it is super bright, and you can read a newspaper at about 15' from it. I leave it on 24/7, at just over 8 watts, it is harly worth the effort to turn it off in the daytime. My solar system makes up all the power it consumes.Fred.

You don't say what bulb you are replacing. If it is the 921 I agree with Golden_HVAC. 18-5050 or 36-1210 are the minimum I would use. Depending on the use, you might want to consider COB type bulbs. The panels direct all the light down, great for task areas and depending on your fixture, for overhead lighting. The COBs give a more diffused light pattern and are easier to install.You might consider buying a couple of the type you think would be right for you before buying many.

I have tried them. I found that the ones I got did not plug in properly. The plug portion only made proper contact on one side of my 2 light system. If I tried to put it in the other side it would have to be turn the opposite direction, with the lights facing up to work. I bought the 921 13 5050 warm white wedge car bulb round ones to put in and found that they put out a little bit more light than the original bulbs and that is what I am installing in my bedroom and rear room and I am going with the 48 5050 warm white panels for the living room.

The inexpensive panels do not have internal voltage regulation and work over the input range of ~10 to ~15 Volts.The ones that work over the range of ~9 to ~32 Volts have internal regulators but they generate unacceptable levels of RFI.

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JiminDenver
Explorer II
Apr 12, 2013
tenbear wrote:
JiminDenver wrote:
wtravlr1 wrote:
These are the ones I used from Amazon, seem to be just as bright.

led clicky

I used those panels but with a 921 base. Actually they come with three bases in each package. They were $3.29 each back then but I just ordered 10 more for $17.99 for a project I'm doing. I ordered them with free shipping on March 19th and they got here the 4th.

Jim, are these the ones you ordered?

The clicky above takes me to what appears to be a 15-1210 cob with a 921 base. :h

Oops you were right on with the clicky. The ones I ordered were 48 1210 LED panels.

I used denatured alcohol on the metal bases of my fixtures but they had texture already.
manandwman
Explorer
Apr 12, 2013
I ordered mine off of ebay paid the same price. Light wasn't the problem I had with them. Too much heat which leds should not have. If there is a campingworld near you go by there and take a look at the led fixture they have on display. You can hold you hand on it all day and it never gets warm. They want to sell you the whole fixture but it looks to me like the lamps in the fixture should fit our fixtures and of course they don't sell just the lamps. Camco has an assortment of led lamps for our fixtures. I haven't been able to find any yet nor have I found their price. If your leds are getting hot you aren't saving power.
JiminDenver
Explorer II
Apr 12, 2013
None of my LEDs get "HOT", warm yes but never so hot you can't touch them. The lens on the fixture is never hot either. Then again we never have hook ups or use the lights while charging at higher voltages either. For that you need more expensive regulated LEDs.
If you are worried about the cheap two sided tape dislodging use cob style LEDs. Falcon recently tried some 68 1210 LED cobs and seems to be pretty pleased with them.
trail-explorer
Explorer
May 11, 2013
2oldman wrote:
Cheap LEDs are the most expensive kind. Personally I'd stay off Ebay when looking for good LEDs.

Ditto.

I got mine here, they shipped me some when I was traveling in Canada last year when I decided I wanted a few more.
StewB
Explorer
May 11, 2013
I ordered at 10 pac of the 48 smd panels for 17.99 and a two pac of the 1156 102 SMD cobbs.

Both orders showed up 14 days after ordering.

I moded the bases to put the panels in my fixtures with 1156 bulbs and I am very pleased with the result. Although, one of the panels is a slightly different colour than the others.

I put one of the cobbs in my outdoor light and it is very bright.

The panels do not interfere with my radio at all but the cobbs pretty much make it usless with interferance.

I just ordered two more 10 pacs of the 10 x 48 panels to do the rest of my fixtures and have a few spares.

These panels do get pretty hot with the trailer plugged into shore power. A couple of the panels fell off after an hour or so. I will have to find some of the high heat tape to stick them back on.

Over all, best $17.99 I ever spent on the rig.
Lynnmor
Explorer
May 11, 2013
Replaced my 921's with 5050 LED'S. Now I am camped, using the antenna, and if I turn on any lights the TV quits. Try a sample before buying too many. I think that the cheap ones without the regulator is what I need.
tenbear
Explorer
May 11, 2013
Lynnmor wrote:
Replaced my 921's with 5050 LED'S. Now I am camped, using the antenna, and if I turn on any lights the TV quits. Try a sample before buying too many. I think that the cheap ones without the regulator is what I need.

Usually the LED lights with a regulator will be advertised as working over a voltage range, such as 12-30 volts. However, not all lights with a regulator cause RFI (radio frequency interference).

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