LED Tail/signal light bulbs

FIRE UP wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:
Has any one up graded to LED bulbs on the older coaches?

Good Idea, or not?

Tom,
Well, the first thing is, why are you thinking of changing? I mean, what is your reasoning? The primary reason most guys change incandescent lights to LEDs are,

1. Considerably less draw (of amperage) in any given circuit that they're installed in.
2. Considerably less HEAT in the bulb itself, especially if the application is for some/certain ceiling lights in the interior of some coaches.
3. The "supposed" duration/longevity of an LED bulb vs a much shorter life span of incandescents.
4. The activation of light in an LED is phenomenally faster than an incandescent light bulb, i.e. it lights to full brightness light-years faster than the other style.

Now, one thing to consider, an incandescent light bulb produces a fair amount of resistance in a circuit, when it's used as a turn signal bulb. And that resistance is calculated when the design of a flasher, to make it flash is designed and manufactured. But, if you simply remove the incandescent bulb and install an LED in its place, what you will find is, the LED has little to no resistance in it and, the flasher is still trying to see resistance so it can flash at a normal rate.

But, since it sees no resistance, the flasher flashes at a seriously faster rate. And, in some cases, based on the advanced technology of the individual motor home/car/truck/etc., it may throw a code in the vehicles data system. You may see an icon come on that's warning of an issue with lighting. It depends on the coach/car/truck etc.

Depending on the actual design of the LED bulb itself, and there are many designs, it can be several times brighter than the original incandescent bulb. For us motorcycle pilots, we REALLY LIKE THE ADDITIONAL BRIGHTNESS of LED lights.

Now, on final thing. Since LEDs do have a significant set of improved operations over the incandescents, and, they're still a bit more costly to manufacture, they cost considerably more than the incandescents. So, you have to ask yourself, are all those reasons mentioned above, worth the additional cost, per bulb?
Scott

99% of the people change them(exterior) because they show up on dark nites, rainy nites etc way way better and they look 100% neater
I have them and my factory electronic flasher works fine but as tom said get a digital compatable flasher if your having troubles
I installed some in the interior because they last way longer and way less heat