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Busdriver
Explorer II
Sep 04, 2017

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
  • Bumpyroad wrote:
    I note you didn't include those nonsense reasons. :)
    bumpy
    I hope your statement isn't about money.
  • 2oldman wrote:
    I like them too.


    I note you didn't include those nonsense reasons. :)
    bumpy
  • Bumpyroad wrote:
    why bother?
    bumpy


    Because I can for one and because the less of an amp load on the electrical system, the less parasitic power loss there is and three, I like them.
  • Just changed out the ones on my RV (Bargman brand fixtures with the corresponding LED bulbs from Superbright LED. Painless changeover, in fact, I did all the clearance and marker lights as well.

    On the turn signals, the flasher rate won't be impacted, so long as you leave one set of bulbs, incandescent. In my case I left my pickup truck tail lights conventional and changed everything else.

    Just changed the headlight bulbs (high-low combination Halogen), to LED hi-low bulbs. Much less current draw, very bright light output.
  • j-d's avatar
    j-d
    Explorer II
    I think you mean Bargman as the brand name
    Eastern Marine has a pretty good selection of Bargman and other brands. Of course Amazon, various RV sites, stick and brick stores.
    I replaced our triple Bargman incandescents with triple Bargman LED's. You'll see those at $59.95 each on the linked page.
    NOT plug and play. The Bargman units need their wires spliced together then spliced into the RV's wiring. I liked that, because I wasn't having problems with just bulbs, but sockets also. For that reason, I was glad to go to hard wiring.
    LED's draw so little current that the flash rate may change. Ours did. This can be addressed with a different flasher, adding a resistor, or adding another incandescent bulb somewhere. I added incandescent turn signals to our mirrors, and that brought the flash rate back into line.
    The Bargman LED's aren't just Bright. There's an Intensity to the Color as well. Very dramatic difference in how they appear in use.