Best LED Interior Light Bulbs

Most of these LED assemblies have load resistors on the board rather than an actual voltage regulator. Less expensive, but the trade-off is a bit more heat.

As with any products I get from China that have a double backed foam tape, peel it off before installing the product, and use a 3M/Scotch VHB type of tape. Very good stuff! It's available at Ace Hardware, Target, etc.

LEDs have a plastic lens, not glass. They are VERY tough compared to a glass lens, and since it has no element, they withstand very high shock.

I've been buying rolls of LEDs on Amazon. I just added 3' long strips to each of the overhead aluminum beams in my TTs storage compartment. Now only $11 for a 16' roll:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QQ1YOM

Stumbled across this today. These are a bit brighter than the real cheap ones, having more actual LEDs. Works out to about $2.40 each. I'm pleased with them. More than adequate light at night.


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20X 1156 BA15S RV Trailer 12V LED Lights Bulbs 68 SMD Warm White
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My transaction was through Ebay but I think the dealer sells direct too.

Ryan: I probably need to look harder then cause i have only seen the glass ones :/ and they are usually pricey.

Chandalen wrote:
Naio:

The actual lights are hard to break (pancake or bulb type)

I have some LEDs that look more like the standard bathroom mirror plumb sized/shaped light. The are just blown glass over an LED bulb. They will break as easily as a regular bulb.

Every "enveloped" LED bulb I've seen has used plastic, not glass globes, but I suppose if you are buying higher quality LEDs they may use real glass.

Chandalen wrote:
For the bathroom where the lights are mounted vertically, I (meaning the wife who actually cares) found the round lights were better.

For horizontal (celing) lighting I prefer the pancake type.

That makes a lot of sense, all the lights in my RV are ceiling mounted and "fire" down, so the "panel" LEDs were really ideal, if I had any wall sconce, pendant, or vanity type fixtures I would probably go with the "cob" style LED bulbs myself.

Naio:

The actual lights are hard to break (pancake or bulb type)

I have some LEDs that look more like the standard bathroom mirror plumb sized/shaped light. The are just blown glass over an LED bulb. They will break as easily as a regular bulb.

Porig and Vulcan:

These are bright white, and there was no regulator inside. Before I had my voltages for charging correct 15v slowly blew one up that was on all the time.

RoyB:

For the bathroom where the lights are mounted vertically, I (meaning the wife who actually cares) found the round lights were better.

For horizontal (celing) lighting I prefer the pancake type.

RoyB wrote:
If there is no RFI Interference with either LED assy I would like the PANCAKE better as all of the individual LEDs would be on the same side of the fixture. The round assy would have some LEDs pointing up into the fixture...

Well it depends on what your priority IS.

The round ones are much easier to install.
The fixtures are made to reflect the "back" light, which incandescent bulbs have too.

If you want the absolute cheapest price and don't mind a little extra effort mounting them, the pancakes might be "better".

ryanw821 wrote:

Naio wrote:
Probably a stupid question, but are LED light bulbs as breakable as incandescent?

Depends on your definition of "breakable", MY LEDs have some fairly thin easily broken wires if you mess with them, but will they shatter get glass shards all over the RV, no, lol

That said the glass envelope of my stock incandescents was pretty tough, and filaments were designed for automotive uses to be vibration resistant, I imagine it would take quite a beating to actually break the glass or break the filament loose.

Thanks! I only have one non-battery light in my rig that I use regularly, and I was thinking of getting an LED bulb for it primarily for the breaking issue. I have not broken a bulb yet, but it sure would be a PITA -- hopefully not literally!

Naio wrote:
Probably a stupid question, but are LED light bulbs as breakable as incandescent?

Depends on your definition of "breakable", MY LEDs have some fairly thin easily broken wires if you mess with them, but will they shatter get glass shards all over the RV, no, lol

That said the glass envelope of my stock incandescents was pretty tough, and filaments were designed for automotive uses to be vibration resistant, I imagine it would take quite a beating to actually break the glass or break the filament loose.