LED Light Bulb Question????
I am thinking about switching some of standard 12 volt bulbs to LED on the inside of my camper. I realize and been told LED's are brighter and use less energy, but how do you compare one to the other...
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D and A plus 6,
I went to the local RV dealer's store with an incandescent bulb from an interior fixture and asked "what's closest to this in an LED?". The ones they had are a tower shape, warm white (about 2700k) and 210 lumens. I started with one LED and one incandescent in the same fixture and you can barely tell the difference. The LED is a bit brighter. It was a good recommendation & choice.
The big benefit to us is the LED bulbs are much cooler. We have three fixtures on the bottom of kitchen & storage cabinets. The incandescent bulbs kept the cabinets warm enough that we could not store bread in them - the bread would mold. With the LED bulbs there is no cabinet heating and no mold on the bread. We swapped bulbs to make the cabinet & food storage more flexible and more usable. Reduced power usage was a bonus, but not the main reason for our switch.
I went to the local RV dealer's store with an incandescent bulb from an interior fixture and asked "what's closest to this in an LED?". The ones they had are a tower shape, warm white (about 2700k) and 210 lumens. I started with one LED and one incandescent in the same fixture and you can barely tell the difference. The LED is a bit brighter. It was a good recommendation & choice.
The big benefit to us is the LED bulbs are much cooler. We have three fixtures on the bottom of kitchen & storage cabinets. The incandescent bulbs kept the cabinets warm enough that we could not store bread in them - the bread would mold. With the LED bulbs there is no cabinet heating and no mold on the bread. We swapped bulbs to make the cabinet & food storage more flexible and more usable. Reduced power usage was a bonus, but not the main reason for our switch.
