One of the last remaining incandescent bulbs in my Bounder is the porch light.......Once of my concerns is, does the porch light need a waterproof bulb like what is in it now?(#105)....as most of the current crop of LED bulbs are an open design........or would a LED panel be OK?If you have replaced your porch light bulb with an LED one......which one did you use?......I'm looking for warm white........

My porch light used a 911 incandescent bulb. I replaced it with a 9 5050 LED cob style light. I wanted a low current light that I could leave on when I was out and come back after dark and see where the lock and steps were. It draws only 85ma. Not a big drain when off the grid.

96Bounder30E wrote:does the porch light need a waterproof bulb like what is in it now?...or would a LED panel be OK?No. I use a 4x4 wafer for porch. It's not as bright as the incan, but it won't burn the plastic either.

Hi,I'd use one of the cobb style replacements. I had a flat panel--but snow got in--and even led's do produce heat--so the snow turned to water--and the led shut down.

I have used this replacement bulb for both the exterior porch lamp, as well as the bathroom light in our M/H. In the bathroom it works very well, but is not as bright as I would like for the porch.

I use the same flat panel w/ 3 leds in it that I used in all the other fixtures.Its not the britest, but it don't need to be, and it don't hardly use any battery,....leave it on all nite.

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RJsfishin
Explorer
Dec 05, 2013
I use the same flat panel w/ 3 leds in it that I used in all the other fixtures.
Its not the britest, but it don't need to be, and it don't hardly use any battery,....leave it on all nite.
toolman1
Explorer
Dec 05, 2013
I have used this replacement bulb for both the exterior porch lamp, as well as the bathroom light in our M/H. In the bathroom it works very well, but is not as bright as I would like for the porch.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Dec 05, 2013
Hi,

I'd use one of the cobb style replacements. I had a flat panel--but snow got in--and even led's do produce heat--so the snow turned to water--and the led shut down.
2oldman
Explorer II
Dec 05, 2013
96Bounder30E wrote:
does the porch light need a waterproof bulb like what is in it now?...or would a LED panel be OK?
No. I use a 4x4 wafer for porch. It's not as bright as the incan, but it won't burn the plastic either.
tenbear
Explorer
Dec 05, 2013
My porch light used a 911 incandescent bulb. I replaced it with a 9 5050 LED cob style light. I wanted a low current light that I could leave on when I was out and come back after dark and see where the lock and steps were. It draws only 85ma. Not a big drain when off the grid.

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