LED Light Considerations

Desert Captain wrote:
Another perspective....

Many of the folks spending significant time and $ to convert every light in their coach to LED are actually searching for a solution for which there is no known problem {the government does this a lot}. :S

Unless you need to have your coach lit up like Las Vegas for hours every night "and" you never have hook ups... just eliminated most of you, right? IMHO: You really don't need all LED's. You will never recover the $ spent converting to LED as there are just not that many amps to be saved.

We spend about 65 per cent of our nights off the grid. We camp, which entails sitting around the fire most nights until it is time to turn in. I like to read for an hour or so before going to sleep and my bride journals at the same time. This entails having just two lights on that draw about and amp and a half each. Trust me 3 amps a night doesn't make much of a dent in a 240 amp hour house bank. Even if I had half a dozen lights blazing {though I cannot imagine why}, the amp draw is not going to have a significant impact on a properly sized house bank.

If you have hook ups who cares how many lights are on except when you step outside and find that your night vision has vanished not to return any time soon. {For your neighbors sake please pull the shades if you are going for the indoor Casino ambiance}. :E

Halogens provide not only great light but more than their share of heat and there is virtually no amperage savings to be had. Our Nexus came with LED brake and back up lights and they work very well but the interior lights are incandescent and also work well. Since they aren't broke I am not inclined to fix/replace them.

As always.... Opinions and YMMV

:B

Thats great that you like to live in the dark. For people that don't and dry camp leds are the way to go. Less current and heat. They are cheap too. I have done almost every bulb in my trailer for under 30 bucks. Another bonus is the leds last way longer. I rarely ever have to change out leds.