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4x4van
Explorer III
Sep 05, 2013

My experience with LEDs (warning: long, but lots of info)

I dry camp alot, so the LED threads have kept my interest for some time. My Class C has a very open layout, which means lots of space to illuminate, and unfortunately that means lots of lights/fixtur...
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Big_Katuna
Explorer II
Dec 20, 2013
Current increase should be linear to the voltage increase.
The voltage drop across the diode does increase a little with current, creating more loss, but not much. I am in the middle of changing over to LED's and will measure the actual draw with the charger off (12.5VDC) and with it on (13.5)and also the actual draw of the bulb. I'm starting to think 48 LED's at 20 mA @ (.96A) is not a whole lot less than the bulb. Nicer light tho and should last a LOT longer.

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