Awning LED Light Strip
Our main awning has an LED strip in the tube, only usable when the awning is fully extended. We are replacing our old 15' Carefree awning. Rather than having them rewire the existing LEDs, we would pr...
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dedmiston wrote:
Yeah. That was a weird comment. LEDs aren't even that bright and you're just replacing what you already have.
A buddy I camp with (boondocking) has that LED strip right beneath his awning. He installed it in just the right spot so that it lights up his awning if it's deployed or casts some light on the ground if the awning is in.
Most of us just turn on our porch lights at night and he has his red LED strip. It makes it easy to navigate around camp without stumbling and without killing your night vision.
If Flyboy is camped so close to you that your LEDs kill his view of the stars, then he's breaking the unwritten code and camping way too close to you. He shouldn't be able to see much of your lights or hear your music. Sounds like he's close enough to smell you though. Not right.
dont have to be close for light polution to afect the sky. its a big issue with citys and such now. I have the led strip factroy on my 5th and while it doesent seam bright it does light up a lot, but I like it better than the "old" porch light. I dont know where this unwritten rule is from but it must only apply to boondocking as in a camprground you have sites layed out.
Steve
