LED Lights

towpro wrote:
my only advice is to look for LED's that are rated at 12V-24V dc.
Some times your built in charger can push 14.8V, and if you have temp corrected solar you can push up into the 15V range. LED's marked for 12V use will overheat when you start pushing them towards 13V

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trail-explorer wrote:
I did LEDs a few years back from www.ledtrailerlights.com

Here's my thread My EASY LED Upgrade

We got ours from ledtrailerlights.com too and have been quite happy with them. The color is good and we've had no failures.

I did my old camper with 12 vt led and they were not a bright white light, they were kind of a warm yellowish tint. I didn't care for that, so when I did the newer Lance, I got some brighter white lights, I like them better, but I think I could have done better on my choice. I got mine from Amazon and they were relatively inexpensive. If you have the time do your research as to what exactly you want in the line of "color" of the lights. If you use You Tube at all you might check out the guy who does the "RVProjects" channel he goes through the different "colors" and types of led and explains it pretty good. This guy is pretty good, no loud music no long intros, just gets to the facts and explains what he is doing and what he uses (with links).

I did these 4w flush mounts. Used the same hole. I also put recessed under cabinet lighting over the sink.

Kayteg1 wrote:
How do you like output of those?
I counted 50 total LED on those, when my converted fixtures have 300 LED over the table and DW still complain about not enough.

I have one fixture above the dinette, one above the sink, one in front of the fridge and one in the bed area, all the factory locations. Light output has never been an issue (way brighter than the previous lights), in fact I usually only have half the fixture switched on. One issue with them is hard to explain, they cast a white and yellow striped pattern on everything. It's subtle but I notice it.

That said, I would install the same as replacements to incandescent fixtures again without question.

n0m4d wrote:
In my 2008 Lance, I just replaced all the interior lights with these:
http://a.co/cQeQvB7
It took about 3 mins per fixture to replace them.

How do you like output of those?
I counted 50 total LED on those, when my converted fixtures have 300 LED over the table and DW still complain about not enough.

Bedlam wrote:
One of our forum members, deltabravo, has a similar year Arctic Fox converted to LED and could give you some good advice.

Here's my LED upgrades (Arctic Fox 811)

Stove Hood LED

Arctic Fox LED Upgrade

Remember that LEDs will not work if wired backwards. A very expensive lesson for me. I was paying an aviation mechanic that didn't know this to install an LED landing light in a plane. After 2 hours of trouble shooting, someone finally clued him in.

In my 2008 Lance, I just replaced all the interior lights with these:
http://a.co/cQeQvB7
It took about 3 mins per fixture to replace them.

towpro wrote:
my only advice is to look for LED's that are rated at 12V-24V dc.
Some times your built in charger can push 14.8V, and if you have temp corrected solar you can push up into the 15V range. LED's marked for 12V use will overheat when you start pushing them towards 13V

The internet, and especially Fleabay, is chock full of cheap junk LED bulbs and 12V light fixtures. You have to be careful and do research. I have seen some 12V LED bulbs, panels, and fixtures, that generate more heat than an incandescent bulb and melt plastic fixture housings. I have even seen one, an 1156 bayonet socket type base LED bulb such as you would use in an RV patio light that got so hot it actually scorched the fixture and melted the plastic lens into a gooey mess.