changing to LED lights

The easiest and least expensive way is to simply swap out the bulbs in your current fixtures.

Things to concern yourself with are:
1. The brightness of the LED bulbs you buy
2. The color temp of the bulbs you buy (cool is bluish light and warm is more like yellowish incandescent light)

paulcardoza wrote:
The easiest and least expensive way is to simply swap out the bulbs in your current fixtures.

Things to concern yourself with are:
1. The brightness of the LED bulbs you buy
2. The color temp of the bulbs you buy (cool is bluish light and warm is more like yellowish incandescent light)

x2 - I wasted a lot of money swapping my bulbs out not paying attention to color. Could not stand the cool bluish light. Ended up swapping again.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QA386A/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BRBBYO/ref=oh_details_o08_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I got these from Amazon. The first bulb is very white. The second is warm white. They carry a large variety as does E bay. As a general rule a light fixture that's designed for LEDs will produce a better result. That being said I'm happy with my results with the replacement bulbs.

One more thing...... Check to be sure they are dimmable,if you will be using them in a dimmable fixture and want them to be adjustable.

We did a full LED conversion and they have been performing flawlessly going on their third camping season. Used the same receptacles and purchased the majority of the LEDs from Ebay, although I did purchase a few from truck stops. In either case, all LEDs were manufactured in China, only noticeable difference was the LEDs I didn't purchased from Ebay were about 4 times the price. Great mod for those who tend to camp off the grid often, it almost seemed that I added an extra battery the first time we camped without hook-ups.

Our purpose in going with LEDs had nothing to do with boon docking and everything to do with how hot those fixtures get. There is a light right above the couch. If the light is on and we sit on the couch you could feel the heat radiate off of the fixture. My wife would not leave them on if we were not in the camper.

We got the cheap e-bay replacement bulbs and couldn't be happier. Beware, you can buy from online retailers, but you will pay anywhere from $3-$12 each. I had to replace 14 bulbs. 15 from Ebay cost me $21.

X2 on the heat difference. Not only more comfortable,I feel its better on the light lens. Also my converter fan runs less often so hoping it might extend it's life

Hondavalk wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QA386A/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BRBBYO/ref=oh_details_o08_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I got these from Amazon. The first bulb is very white. The second is warm white. They carry a large variety as does E bay. As a general rule a light fixture that's designed for LEDs will produce a better result. That being said I'm happy with my results with the replacement bulbs.

So which one do you like better - very white or warm white?

thanks for the info guys.. Sound like I'm buying from Ebay :)

Hondavalk wrote:
Also my converter fan runs less often so hoping it might extend it's life

Ah yes! Another potential benefit. I wondered how hard we were making the convertor work when turning on the main set of lights.