OK I'll be the first to admit that I'm no rocket surgeon but my pin head got to thinking. I was in CW and was looking at the wedge base LED lights, and wow they look a lot like my Malibu outdoor 12 volt lights. So I bought one, at $13.50 I'm only buying one that's for sure. At home I open my Malibu lighting and replace the bulb with the LED unit and it fires right up. So into the trailer we go, I remove a stock C-921 bulb and insert the LED, and it fires right up. I replace the LED with a Malibu light and it fires right up. Does anyone see a pattern here? What's to stop me from ordering 10 LED bulbs off EBay at roughly $2.25 apiece and trying them? Anyone else try this and have good results?

I got mine from Amazon cheap work fine .

One thing I have heard is the more expensive bulbs have some regulation built in that helps to prevent interfernce with your radio and electronic devices. This would probably be more noticeable on AM frequencies. Have you tried the radio while the light is on? I had a couple of cheap LED's, made in China, that worked well on battery power but as soon as I powered up using AC volatge the converter kicked in at about 14VDC and blew them both out. Just something to ponder.

I replaced all of the lights in our trailer with ebay leds and love them. We only boondock and don't worry that they are unregulated. The ones we use have been tested and don't start popping till you hit 20v. The LEDs are the least of my worries if my system is at 20v.Regulated LEDs are the safe route if you do a mix of shore power/ dry camp. They can cause RFI and even mess with TV signals. You could also do like I do and keep some incandescent bulbs to swap out when you have hook ups.

I found this interesting 24 LED panel light at AliExpress.comhttp://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-10pcs-G4-24-SMD-5050-LED-Warm-White-Day-White-Spotlight-For-Home-DC/634792206.htmlBy the way, a normal LED light should not be run on 12 VAC. It should only be run on 12 VDC. Fred.

I connected the 48 LED panels to a 12 volt 3 terminal regulator (7812) as we only camp with hook ups. :)

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Golden_HVAC
Explorer
Jul 27, 2013
I found this interesting 24 LED panel light at AliExpress.com

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-10pcs-G4-24-SMD-5050-LED-Warm-White-Day-White-Spotlight-For-Home-DC/634792206.html

By the way, a normal LED light should not be run on 12 VAC. It should only be run on 12 VDC.

Fred.
JiminDenver
Explorer II
Jul 27, 2013
I replaced all of the lights in our trailer with ebay leds and love them. We only boondock and don't worry that they are unregulated. The ones we use have been tested and don't start popping till you hit 20v. The LEDs are the least of my worries if my system is at 20v.

Regulated LEDs are the safe route if you do a mix of shore power/ dry camp. They can cause RFI and even mess with TV signals. You could also do like I do and keep some incandescent bulbs to swap out when you have hook ups.
Sloop_Smitten
Explorer
Jul 27, 2013
One thing I have heard is the more expensive bulbs have some regulation built in that helps to prevent interfernce with your radio and electronic devices. This would probably be more noticeable on AM frequencies. Have you tried the radio while the light is on? I had a couple of cheap LED's, made in China, that worked well on battery power but as soon as I powered up using AC volatge the converter kicked in at about 14VDC and blew them both out. Just something to ponder.
mustangglp
Explorer
Jul 27, 2013
I got mine from Amazon cheap work fine .

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