Ready to swap to LED's

Yes that reminds me the last batch I bought were from M4. Work great!

lawrosa wrote:
M4 products the best out there.. Order 10 of one sku and get 10% off. Type in RVgeeks5 in the coupon code for an additional 5% off.

http://www.m4products.com/led-rv-retrofit-bulbs/

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KF_Ig8sutg

After seeing one of the RVGeeks videos on LED's (they have several to cover all of the different fixtures) I saw that they had the exact same recessed halogen "reading" lights I have, so I ordered what they used for those recessed fixtures, from M4. Expensive, but good quality and fast service, and yes two discounts. Circuit board is protected and potted, not exposed like cheap ones. Those were G4 bi-pin bulbs.

M$ Bi-pin bulbs to replace halogens



For the 1141 replacements I have three ceiling fixtures with two each, the outside "porch light" and a single bulb fixture over the shower. For those I ordered Two of the Goldstars 11568305 LED replacement from an Amazon seller, 250 lumen (about the same as a new 1141) to try them out. I was impressed and ordered a 6 pack of them from a different seller on Amazon. These have 1141/1156 bayonet base and a flat panel with aobut 24 LED elements in them. Nice plastic housing, nothing exposed, and it swivels in the base, so no matter the orientation of the bayonets on the base, you can point the light where it needs to go. The translucent plastic lenses on the light fixtures serve to spread the light to the sides, so the flat panels work really well on the ceiling. Only regular bulbs left are a 921 over the stove (afraid heat would damage an LED there) and one 1141 in the water/dump service bay light, not worth changing it.

Goldstar flat panel LED 1141 replacement.







Charles

We have had our 921 LED units for more than 5 years and consider them essential for dry camping. Ours are flat circuit boards with 3 high power LEDs that consume 3 watts and put out 315 lumens. They were from Rigid Industries however they do not appear to carry them any longer. We use them in the compartments also.

A couple of reading lights are lower powered cylindrical units we bought at an RV store. The outside light is a 1141 type with multiple LEDs on a flat one sided board with 200 lumens intensity.

M4 products the best out there.. Order 10 of one sku and get 10% off. Type in RVgeeks5 in the coupon code for an additional 5% off.

http://www.m4products.com/led-rv-retrofit-bulbs/

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KF_Ig8sutg

What does the OP mean by "blinding?"

If you want a color temperature that approximates incandescent, go with 2700-3000K. 4000K and up give a very white to blue white light. I've had several sources of 1141 LEDs and for the most part they've been fine. I would buy high lumen rating from reputable seller in the 3000K color temp.

We've had good luck with LEDWholesalers on Amazon.

We haven't replaced all our 12v lights but did place a few in strategic locations and leave the others off unless on shore power. We found some nice ones at Command Electronics for the specific bright lights and bought some cheep singles from Ebay to use as nothing much more than night lights - just to see where we are going at night.

I also bought mine from Ebay. 15 48 led flat panel 921 bulbs. Just over $21. We're on our 3rd summer with them, none have failed. Even if one or two do fail, no real loss.

I've had good luck with these: www.ebay.com/