Led taillights
My granddesign has regular taillights, if I Change them to led is it just a plug and play or did I need to do some thing else thinking of going with Bragman tail lights
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- My other reason is, I never have to change them (bulbs) again. Most LED's have a 20,000 hour lifespan and aren't adversely impacted by vibration or road shock like a filament bulb is.
- RV Novice (or less) here:
"because the less of an amp load on the electrical system, the less parasitic power loss there is..."
Why would the parasitic losses be affected by simply changing out devices - no devices removed.
TIA - LED's draw much less power than a conventional filament bulb. While the power loss in tiny, your alternator only puts out so much power.
SidecarFlip wrote:
LED's draw much less power than a conventional filament bulb. While the power loss in tiny, your alternator only puts out so much power.
Reduced load is not the same thing as parasitic loss.SaltiDawg wrote:
SidecarFlip wrote:
LED's draw much less power than a conventional filament bulb. While the power loss in tiny, your alternator only puts out so much power.
Reduced load demand is not the same thing as reduced parasitic loss.- Whatever.
SidecarFlip wrote:
Whatever.
Classy.
I'm sorry as an outsider to have interjected a fact.joebedford wrote:
Putting LEDs on a trailer shouldn't change the flash rate.
Not always true !
If you have a separate trailer brake/turn/marker circuit then probably no. Best solution is an electronic flasher.valhalla360 wrote:
Better reasons:
- They tend to be much brighter than you standard incandescent bulbs.
- And the big one: Incandescent bulbs take about 0.5 seconds to illuminate once power is applied to the circuit (It takes the filament that long to heat up until it creates visible light). LED takes about 1/10th as long to start producing light. That's almost an extra 1/2 second for following vehicles to react to your brake lights. That can be the difference in an accident or not (or between a serious crash and a fender bender).
I agree, the safety factor is the best reason for using LED's. I think that they are much more effective at getting the attention of the proctologist behind you, provided he/she looks away from the phone.- I just put in Bargman 84/86 "upgrade" lights. They are the same size as the lights on the back of the Sahara and just plug into the existing light socket. Of course I had to go overboard and hose clamp the socket around the plug and coat the whole thing with dielectric grease. I'll post a pic when I get the other 2 ambers (back order). I had a hard time finding the combo backup/tail assembly.
