light bulbs

We bought a pack of ten from Amazon for about $20. They have 24 LEDs and are 3500k. Made sure they have a wide range of voltage (some don't). We like them. Had some interference with the radio at first, but not now. Don't know what happened there.

Yes, there are a lot of posts on the forums about this, including many I've made. But, to summarize, I'm happy that I replaced all of my incandescent bulbs with LEDs. First, inventory what bulbs you need. I had about 15 CEC1141 bulbs in ceiling and counter lights. I went to Ebay and looked for bright, warm white, LEDs. I purchased some bulbs and some panels from a vendor in China. After trying them in the RV, we decided the warm white panels were right for us. I ordered a bunch of those, stuck them to the light fixture reflectors, and have been happy ever since! Now I ignore how much light we use when boondocking - they draw so little. I think I paid about $3 for each of my panels. Each panel has 48 LEDs (here is an example: ebay link ).

My advice: buy several different ones off eBay and find the one you like best.

We replaced 6 fixtures with LEDs but only half of the bulbs. We find that with the right LED we only need 1 side of the fixture on at any one time. If we really need more light, on very rare occasions, we use both sides (a LED and an incandescent).

I made a rookie mistake with the first bulbs I ordered from China - I didn't check to make sure what base was on my bulbs. You need to know what your bulb's base size is and if it is single or double contact (would guess all should be single contact). I sold the wrong bulbs to a buddy at work who wanted to try LEDs and his trailer used the type I ordered by mistake.

dave54 wrote:
Don't see the point of throwing away perfectly good bulbs.

LED uses a tenth of the power. Had the effect of doubling my battery size. If you are plugged in the power savings does not matter much.

The stock lights that came with the trailer literally burn the ends of bulbs because they get so hot. I've also had three of the fixtures freeze the switch on, I assume they got so hot the switch locked. The first one I got, I replaced the whole light assembly with one that already had L.E.D. bulbs. Bad choice, don't like the bright white ones at all, however, after that I started purchasing "warm" white bulbs. Those I can tolerate very well, closer to normal bulbs in the light color and output.

The LED should be standard. I witched mine out . Longer battery life important to me. Less heat also important in the summer time when trying to cool the trailer down .

Wife likes to read in bed. Changed the lights over the bed first as those lights were hotter than you know just above my head.

To save money in most fixtures I replaced only one bulb ( the bulb that turns on first) in each fixture.

Use the links provided and shop for the best price you will be happy you did so.

Switching bulbs cost me less and does more for me than adding another battery did.