12 volt lighting upgrades

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Greetings,I have an idea for upgrading the lighting in my trailer. I've got a 2005 Jay Feather 29y, and it has the common 12v fixtures we all know and love.I'm not real keen on them and I want to replace the reading lamps for the beds with some marine "reading lamp" style fixtures with LED bulbs. No problem there.I thought for the main lights I would use some modern household fixtures that accept GU10 style bulbs. GU10 can be had in 120v AC or 12v DC, and can be found in LED as well. Any reason why the 12v DC LED bulbs in a household fixture wouldn't work on the 12 v system?FYI I am looking at these bulbs:http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0078UQQ94?pc_redir=1400224068&amp;robot_redir=1

camperpaul · Answer

No problem.

westend · Answer

Not the cheapest solution but doable. When i was relamping my rig, I was trying to get a mounting standard like GU10 or G4 and then get all the same fixtures so bulb replacement wasn't a goose hunt. What I found was the LED panels are a good choice in illumination and they come with a small molex connector and some have adaptors.

I ended up building my own fixtures, the central lighting having a flat fixture and the reading/task lighting having movable cone reflectors.

DIY dollar store LED light fixture with glass lens:

DIY Ikea desk salvage reading light:

Every time I turn on an LED fixture, I smile because I didn't pay mucho $$$ for any of them.

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