LED lights

tkoden wrote:
I would highly recommend finding 5050 LED panels for anyone doing light conversions. They are SIGNIFICANTLY brighter for the same size panel.

48 SMD 3528 Pure White 2.8w 190 Lm 60mm x 40mm
48 SMD 5050 Pure White 5.5w 590 Lm 58mm x 43mm

Something similar to this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-Warm-White-Dome-Bulb-48-5050-SMD-LED-Light-Adapter-1156-1141-BA15S-/181068934178?pt=US_Car_Lighting&hash=item2a288cac22

There is more than one reason for converting to LEDs. I did mine to reduce the battery drain while keeping the same level of light. The 1210 (3528) LEDs do that just fine. But I do have some 18-5050 cob leds since they fit in the fixtures better than the 36-1210 cobs.

tkoden wrote:
I would highly recommend finding 5050 LED panels for anyone doing light conversions. They are SIGNIFICANTLY brighter for the same size panel.

48 SMD 3528 Pure White 2.8w 190 Lm 60mm x 40mm
48 SMD 5050 Pure White 5.5w 590 Lm 58mm x 43mm

Something similar to this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-Warm-White-Dome-Bulb-48-5050-SMD-LED-Light-Adapter-1156-1141-BA15S-/181068934178?pt=US_Car_Lighting&hash=item2a288cac22

X2 -- All our RV ceiling fixtures are coverted to LED -- two 48 SMD panels per fixture fit fine, and we have plenty o light in our RV. However, one difference -- I don't care for warm white, I use white. White is also brighter than warm white.

sample white 48 SMD panel

I would highly recommend finding 5050 LED panels for anyone doing light conversions. They are SIGNIFICANTLY brighter for the same size panel.

48 SMD 3528 Pure White 2.8w 190 Lm 60mm x 40mm
48 SMD 5050 Pure White 5.5w 590 Lm 58mm x 43mm

Something similar to this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-Warm-White-Dome-Bulb-48-5050-SMD-LED-Light-Adapter-1156-1141-BA15S-/181068934178?pt=US_Car_Lighting&hash=item2a288cac22

got the LED's installed today after work. so far I like what I see. I will check it later tonight when the sun goes down around 9pm. thanks for all the tips.

Steve

I used the 48 LED panels, cool white, throughout our TT and am very happy with them. They provide lots of light. I have now converted two TT's and two different TV's, and personally, my wife and I always use and much prefer the cool white over the warm white -- to each his own.

This is the ebay seller here I got mine from, but there are many sellers to chose from. I always buy mine on ebay -- great prices and I have had very good luck with them.

I've purchased a few from Amazon, but mostly I've been happy with those I've bought from this company:

http://www.superbrightleds.com

tenbear wrote:
I replaced mine with 36-1210 panels and 18-5050 cob style warm white LED lights. They are close to the same brightness as the original 1141 bulbs. I bought them from 2011_led on eBay.

Here is a link to his store.

Take tenear's advice. Good seller he linked to. I got 10 panels from this seller on Ebay for a project to light up the inside of some deep and dark pantry cabinets. If I recall, I got 10 panels for about $25. One note, they're shipped from China and take about 2 weeks.

jbbrick wrote:
I should have given the Ebay sellers name: autosaver88 and they seemed to have the best price on the 1156 in warm white. $22.98 for $10, no tax or shipping chg and they're in the US. Some of my fixtures have double sockets and these put out plenty of light with two. I could use a bit more light in the single reading spots but didn't want bright white.

How about a link?

I should have given the Ebay sellers name: autosaver88 and they seemed to have the best price on the 1156 in warm white. $22.98 for $10, no tax or shipping chg and they're in the US. Some of my fixtures have double sockets and these put out plenty of light with two. I could use a bit more light in the single reading spots but didn't want bright white.

Link

I just ordered the 36-1210 panels. I started with 10 and if we like them I will order more to finish the rest of the lights.

thanks for all the input