LED Light Considerations
I'm looking at replace all my RV incandescent light bulbs with LED's but I've read that some LED's will cause interference with some electronics such as televisions. What considerations do I need to b...
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I'll refer to my previous post in this thread.
1141 bulb specs = 12.8V , 1.44 amps , 18.4 watts (double amps/watts for 2nd bulb in a double pancake)
Thin-Lite Dist-LED312-1 specs = 12V , .29 amps (400 lumens) or .58 amps (800 lumens) , 3.48 watts (400 lumens) or 6.96 watts (800 lumens)
two 1141 double pancake lights with both bulbs lit = 4 * 1.44 amps = 5.76 amps
three 1141 double pancake lights with both bulbs lit = 6 * 1.44 amps = 8.64 amps
about a 3 amp increase causes 12V side of my 7345 to heat up enough to turn the cooling fan on.
nine LED double pancake lights with both LEDs lit = 18 * .29 amps = 5.22 amps. The converter's cooling fan does not turn on.
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Now as noted previous, if you're camping with hookups then LED versus incandescent will not make much difference. That is correct, but that is not my point.
I have an 11 year old converter. It matters to the converter. It may be getting tired (I assume that it has never been replaced). I don't know what size fuse serves the lighting. The converter is located on the side of the rear bed's pedestal. I'm not as limber as I once was (that I ever was limber is an an assumption on my part). I can wait until the fuse blows.
I wanted to upgraded the lighting anyway. So I spent $350+ USD on LED fixtures. They do everything I need from them, and they solve my converter's heat problem.
- Nice bright light, lens covers only warm to the touch - not hot like the 1141s.
- no more 1141 lens covers with holes burned through them from the 1141 bulbs.
- no more worrying about how many lights I can have turned on before the converter's fan starts spinning.
- a quiet converter is a happy converter.
1141 bulb specs = 12.8V , 1.44 amps , 18.4 watts (double amps/watts for 2nd bulb in a double pancake)
Thin-Lite Dist-LED312-1 specs = 12V , .29 amps (400 lumens) or .58 amps (800 lumens) , 3.48 watts (400 lumens) or 6.96 watts (800 lumens)
two 1141 double pancake lights with both bulbs lit = 4 * 1.44 amps = 5.76 amps
three 1141 double pancake lights with both bulbs lit = 6 * 1.44 amps = 8.64 amps
about a 3 amp increase causes 12V side of my 7345 to heat up enough to turn the cooling fan on.
nine LED double pancake lights with both LEDs lit = 18 * .29 amps = 5.22 amps. The converter's cooling fan does not turn on.
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Now as noted previous, if you're camping with hookups then LED versus incandescent will not make much difference. That is correct, but that is not my point.
I have an 11 year old converter. It matters to the converter. It may be getting tired (I assume that it has never been replaced). I don't know what size fuse serves the lighting. The converter is located on the side of the rear bed's pedestal. I'm not as limber as I once was (that I ever was limber is an an assumption on my part). I can wait until the fuse blows.
I wanted to upgraded the lighting anyway. So I spent $350+ USD on LED fixtures. They do everything I need from them, and they solve my converter's heat problem.
- Nice bright light, lens covers only warm to the touch - not hot like the 1141s.
- no more 1141 lens covers with holes burned through them from the 1141 bulbs.
- no more worrying about how many lights I can have turned on before the converter's fan starts spinning.
- a quiet converter is a happy converter.
