I recently ran across a brilliant idea from someone on this forum for a night light. They were using a Red LED. I thought that was a brilliant idea as Red does not tend to be as bright or throw shadows like white bulbs.What I needed:- 1 LED SMD 42 921 bulb in red (couple of dollars from eBay)Since I have a 21' Hybrid, all I needed was one bulb in a central location and it gives off enough light to cover the entire trailer so I choose the Fume Hood for the stove.I would have done a night shot but all you would have seen was black.Moderator edit to re-size picture to forum recommended limit of 640px maximum width.

We ended up with using the flicker LED lights that simulate candles for night lights. They come in all different sizes and run a long time on batteries. Most come with automatic turn on at night.Very cozy lookingRoy Ken

red and yellow actually throw off your night vision... your eyes try to engage the color receptors or something like that.blue on the other hand does notdownside to blue, it can interfere with your circadian rhythm

K Charles wrote:I turn the lights off at nightI'm scared of the dark just like my kids :)

In our case there's only tw of us, so I installed an LED licence plate light under the edge of the bed. It doesn't shine in anyone's eyes but just shines a nice glow along the floor.

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rockhillmanor
Explorer II
May 18, 2015
Worked in photography all my life and spend most of my time in a dark room where they use a red light for developing film.

I haven't gone blind yet!

And when I bought my first car that had red lights on the dash instead of white? It made driving at night SO much easier. No glaring white lights in your face that made your pupils close and thereby making night driving more difficult. Such a simple fix making all the lights within the dash red.

OP. Great idea. Red light while sleeping vs a white one is proven to be better for you.
JaxDad
Explorer III
May 18, 2015
In our case there's only tw of us, so I installed an LED licence plate light under the edge of the bed. It doesn't shine in anyone's eyes but just shines a nice glow along the floor.
rwbradley
Explorer
May 18, 2015
K Charles wrote:
I turn the lights off at night

I'm scared of the dark just like my kids :)
K_Charles
Explorer
May 18, 2015
I turn the lights off at night
GordonThree
Explorer
May 17, 2015
red and yellow actually throw off your night vision... your eyes try to engage the color receptors or something like that.

blue on the other hand does not

downside to blue, it can interfere with your circadian rhythm
RoyB
Explorer II
May 17, 2015
We ended up with using the flicker LED lights that simulate candles for night lights. They come in all different sizes and run a long time on batteries.

Most come with automatic turn on at night.

Very cozy looking
Roy Ken

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