Forum Discussion

lamoz's avatar
lamoz
Explorer
Aug 01, 2013

changing to LED lights

Sorry if I'm posting things that have been covered already but I did a search and nothing came up. I keep seeing how everyone is changing their light bulbs to led lights. Obviously a good idea to save current. I will do the same, so my question is what type of leds should I use,
I can just remove the old bulbs and wire in new ones, do I keep the light fixtures? in other words do keep the light covers?
I'm sure I can just buy the lights from ebay..
Suggestions please and thank you
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Effy's avatar
    Effy
    Explorer II
    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.
  • 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)