LED Bulbs

[JoyandCon]

Thinking of converting interior bulbs to LED's. Any recommendations?

[WA7NDD]

I changed out all eleven lights to LED's in our Class C. I bought them from Amazon. Someone commented they did not think they were any brighter--WRONG. No more yellow light, nice bright white light and much brighter. I did not buy the cheap LED's, I paid about $7 each for them and glad it did. I liked the LED'd so much I went to Home Depot and bought 10 Cree LED 110 Volt lights for my outside pathway post lights, $6,97 each. Went from 300 watts of incandescent to 100 watts of LED power. The security light turns them all on when someone or something (We live in the country) comes around. We are careful walking outside at night, cougars are not uncommon. I am quite happy with the Cree's also.

Here are the LED blubs I purchased:
GRV Ba15s 1156 1141 High Power Car LED Bulb 102-3528 SMD DC 12V Super Bright Cool White Pack of 2 from Amazon.

[ron_dittmer]

I just went through an interior "Bulb Conversion" from standard incandescent to LED on my car. If your motor home uses the same bulbs as my car, then you could benefit from my experience. For my trunk bulb, I was able to find an LED replacement that was a whole lot brighter. CLICK HERE to see my write-up.

My motor home has florescent light bulbs throughout. I had looked into LED replacement bulbs for them, but I lost interest because of cost and wiring changes.

[Jopops]

Pricey, but excellent. I outfitted my rig w/ these:

http://www.m4products.com/921-10-5630-ww-warm-white-elite-series-wedge-base-with-brighter-samsung-5630-leds/

[tenbear]

I converter all my interior lights to LEDs from this seller.

I used the 36-1210 (3528 in metric) panels and the 18-5050 cob shaped warm white bulbs. My objective was to reduce the current drain while maintaining the same level and color of light.

All LED are manufactured in China so you can save $$$ by buying from China on eBay.

I recommend buying a couple and trying them out before buying more. I have found a big variation in quality between different venders.

[RvBill3]

Check superbrightleds.com. They are based in suburban St. Louis. Shipping is fast, prices are very reasonable. Most important, you can call or chat online and get advice on what to order for your application. They have many different brightness and color temperatures to choose from and will help you pick exact replacements for what you have now, or something else. (We replaced with dimmer ones in some locations like over the bed and exact replacements in other lights). I had one that did not work and they exchanged without question or hassle.

[Oasisbob]

I opted for the cheap chinese units on Ebay. Bought one set to try out. Liked them so much I did the entire RV. I do find them brighter, cooler and more battery effecient. No notice to my radio or TV reception.

[Steve_S1]

If you go on Ebay and buy a few dozen of different ones and place them around your RV you'll get an idea of what they'll look like. They're very cheap like 4 for 6 bucks.
I wouldn't suggest paying 25 bucks each at an RV store as they're pretty much all the same.
In the summer they work great but in the winter you'll notice that they're pretty dim and you'll need some nice table lights.

[DallasOregon]

How are the camping world ones? They are on sale for $50/6 right now.

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

Take a look at m4 products.com. They sell higher quality samsung LED's. I put in 10 of their warm whites and could hardly tell any difference between the LED and incandescent bulbs. 3 watts instead of 18 watts per bulb. You'll pay more then the typical eBay LED but they're nice and bright. Made a big improvement with my two group 27 batteries on our 11 night trip recently.

[rich85704]

My motivation would be reduced drain on batteries when camping off-grid.

[rockhillmanor]

JoyandCon wrote:
Thinking of converting interior bulbs to LED's. Any recommendations?

IMHO they are not that much brighter than the dim dc RV lights. I tried LED once and it interfered with my TV, radio and internet. I took it out.

I like 'bright' light in my MH. I found that buying a couple of small a/c lamps with 6500 K cfl bulbs gave me great daylight bright light thru out the entire MH. Just saying.