Replacing bulbs with LED

For the first 30 years of my life, blue was my favorite color. The next 32 years red is my favorite color. We have a couple LED's in the house, switched them over, and I don't like them. The color cast is awful in my opinion. Haven't attempted to switch anything over in the camper at all. I suppose if a bulb blows, I'll try switching. Until then ... I'll keep my "red" glow. We don't boondock either, and mostly, we don't have lights on anyway! Television and campfires makes a 'romantic' glow!

My house would probably drive some folks nuts. As I've been remodeling it over the last 8 years, it's almost completely switched to "red" and various shades of red: antique red, red-brown, bright red, deep red, McDonald's red, pink, bright pink, subtle pink, mixed with a natural looking dark brown wood work, crown molding, beams and 12 inch high wood baseboards, ... well ... you probably would not like all the red and wood look! But, I love camping, and my home reminds me of camping lodge. To each his own you know!

The best thing we did was replace all the incandescent with cheap EBay LEDs. It cost me all of $23 for 15 flat panel bulbs, which leave me 2 extra. We've had them about 3 1/2 years and not one has failed. And even if one does it's no great loss.

We don't boondock anymore, but the biggest reason we replaced them is that the old bulbs were really hot. The one above our couch would make you sweat.

RoyF wrote:
Dewey02 and SoundGuy: You'r right; I got it backwards. Bluer lighting is marketed as "cool"; redder lighting is marketed as "warm". Of course, that is completely backwards to the physics (see Dewey02's chart).

Look again. The chart is in line with what the marketing is. It's also what photographers use when adjusting white balance manually in post processing of RAW digital files, cooler is more blue, warm is more red causing it to actually look more yellow.

Dewey02 and SoundGuy: You'r right; I got it backwards. Bluer lighting is marketed as "cool"; redder lighting is marketed as "warm". Of course, that is completely backwards to the physics (see Dewey02's chart).

I replaced all but the halogen bulbs years ago with the cheap(low priced) 48 led panel boards from china. They are all still working fine. I prefer the warmest white as that simulates incandescent the best. The cool white ones can be bluish or greenish. The foam tape that is used doesn't last as it gets warm and lets go. I used a dab of silicone adhesive on each corner that provides a small standoff for air to circulate behind the boards. No issues or failures using this method.
The price of american distributed bulbs have come down in the past year or two. I've recenty replaced all the halogen bulbs (including my home) with led and can't tell the difference except they are cool to the touch.
This is definitely a worthwhile project to do as the savings on battery power usage is huge!

Replaced all the bulbs inside and out including bathroom vanity globes and three fluorescent fixtures with leds , bought all the bulbs and fluorescent conversion kits from M4products . They have a great selection great information in finding the correct bases for your bulbs and great help with any questions .the price was a little more than amazon or eBay but the quality seemed bettter and the support and guidance was very helpful . Google their website lots of good information. m4products.com
Mike

I just bought three packs of these. They are really bright. The ones I bought are daylight. You can really see with these lights. They are not soft white. I changed out all my incandescent light bulbs with these, including the outside lights. The only lights I did not change are my two florescent fixtures and the two bedside fixtures with some weird little bulbs that we never use.

led amazon

Most LEDs are less than one dollar today assuming you buy them on Ebay from China.

RoyF wrote:
I have replaced all my incandescents with LEDs. As to color, I prefer the cool (more red) lights because it's more relaxing at night. But some people prefer a warm (more blue) color. Do whatever works for your.

You've got that backwards - "cool" light colour is higher Kelvin temperature, in the 5000K to 6000K range, while "warm" light colour is lower Kelvin temperature, in the 2600K to 3200K range. Personally we prefer warm as it most resembles ~ 2600K incandescent lighting we've always been used to in our homes.

If you buy on line with free shipping only purchase 1 or 2 and try them. If they work and are the brightness you want you can then purchase more.

I replaced all but 3 of mine last week with these...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0135S7240/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I like them. They are in the 3,000 to 3,500K range. Fairly warm white, close to soft white.