difference in led bulbs...
This weekend I found out the difference between a $6.00 194 LED bulb, and $0.60 194 LED bulb.
I think the one for $6 is overpriced, but not too badly...
(picture coming soon)
I bought some led replacement bulbs for the clearance lights on my trailer from superbrightleds.com ... the little guys were $5.99 each, red and amber.
I liked how they worked, but being a cheapskate, I didn't like the price. So I bought some off ebay, from a USA seller. The ebay bulbs arrived quickly, and look nice, even with a color coded base.
But, plugging them in, they are VERY DIM compared to the ones from superbright, even though both use the same size LEDs... the "amber" ebay bulbs are also yellow, and not DOT amber, and the red are just pure red, not DOT red (which is more of an orangish)
The ebay leds are also bigger than the standard bulb, so the low-profile clearance light lens doesn't fit back onto the housing.
The ebay leds are going in junk drawer in my shop, and I'll be ordering a few more bulbs from superbright.
As a side note, there was nothing wrong with the incandescent bulbs that KZ put in my clearance lights, except they're incandescent... the bulbs were already starting to get soot build up, so they must have been poorly manufactured and regular air was trapped inside, instead of the argon/krypton mix that protects the tungsten filament.
I think the one for $6 is overpriced, but not too badly...
(picture coming soon)
I bought some led replacement bulbs for the clearance lights on my trailer from superbrightleds.com ... the little guys were $5.99 each, red and amber.
I liked how they worked, but being a cheapskate, I didn't like the price. So I bought some off ebay, from a USA seller. The ebay bulbs arrived quickly, and look nice, even with a color coded base.
But, plugging them in, they are VERY DIM compared to the ones from superbright, even though both use the same size LEDs... the "amber" ebay bulbs are also yellow, and not DOT amber, and the red are just pure red, not DOT red (which is more of an orangish)
The ebay leds are also bigger than the standard bulb, so the low-profile clearance light lens doesn't fit back onto the housing.
The ebay leds are going in junk drawer in my shop, and I'll be ordering a few more bulbs from superbright.
As a side note, there was nothing wrong with the incandescent bulbs that KZ put in my clearance lights, except they're incandescent... the bulbs were already starting to get soot build up, so they must have been poorly manufactured and regular air was trapped inside, instead of the argon/krypton mix that protects the tungsten filament.
