Want to replace incandescent bulbs with brighter LED

[d1h]

Has anyone tried these and if so are they really as bright as they claim?

[Gdetrailer]

d1h wrote:
If I did get these to try I'm really torn on the color to get. Warm white seems like it might give a little more homey atmosphere inside the RV. Natural white might be a little less yellowish. I'm sort of hesitant of getting the super white in fear of giving the appearance of a sterile operating room.

3500K is a pretty decent compromise, not as yellow as 2700K-3000K but not as harsh of a blueish light of 6000K.

The incandescent you are replacing are 2700K or a bit below that..

I know a lot of folks love to get 5000K-6500K but to me it turns everything a harsh bluish light like you get when arc welding and throws a lot of shadows so I shy away from that high of color temps.

In my home, I have found 3500K-4100K pretty comfortable and in my RV I have 3500K LEDs which for myself works great.

For the under $30 for qty of 20, they are inexpensive enough that if you don't like the color, just replace with a different color..

[2112]

Heck, $1.20/unit? I'll give them a try. I ordered the warm white.

[d1h]

If I did get these to try I'm really torn on the color to get. Warm white seems like it might give a little more homey atmosphere inside the RV. Natural white might be a little less yellowish. I'm sort of hesitant of getting the super white in fear of giving the appearance of a sterile operating room.

[Gdetrailer]

2oldman wrote:
They are very cheap, so beware. The usual problem is cheaper LEDs don't have a wide voltage range tolerance, so when your converter is pumping out 14+ volts they may start flickering and burning out.

I didn't find any voltage spec other than "12v", but one reviewer said 11-14 volts. So you may want to ask about it.

^^^THIS^^^

One of the pictures does show the backside of the circuit board, it is using a simple resistor current limiting setup which severely limits the voltage range.

While you can safely operate LEDs in a undervoltage situation, overvoltage will quickly lead to LED burnouts with this simple current limiting setup.

Dry camping with no converter or solar charging happening you would be "safe", but add in the converter or solar charging and the voltage can rise above 14V since many converters and even solar controllers are designed to deliver 14.4V-15V while charging.

The good part of these ones is they have a bridge rectifier built in which means they are not polarity sensitive so even if the fixture has the pos and neg switched, the LEDs will still light.

Best advice I can give is buy a couple and try it under charging conditions and see what happens..

[jdc1]

Couldn't live without LED's now. Even rewired the cooktop fan lights to LED strip lighting.

[2oldman]

They are very cheap, so beware. The usual problem is cheaper LEDs don't have a wide voltage range tolerance, so when your converter is pumping out 14+ volts they may start flickering and burning out.

I didn't find any voltage spec other than "12v", but one reviewer said 11-14 volts. So you may want to ask about it.

[Tvov]

Hmmm... those look pretty good.

[Sjm9911]

I have used the paddle type bulbs in my pop up and TT, they are much brighter. Just make sure what type light you want. They work well.

[wa8yxm]

I have not used that specific product.
I've used many LED's both in RV and house
Some are "As Advertised" some are not.

[Sagebrush]

I don't think they are nearly as good or bright as the complete light fixture replacements. I like the frosted lens LED lights in natural white.

They also make versions with a built in dimmer, but I haven't tried them. My trailers were old when I ordered mine, so I needed new lenses and the white plastic was really yellowed. Two doubles cost around $20. The five pack was $44 I think. I went with the older style with the larger switch, the round switch ones look a little smaller than the originals with their rounded corners. I wasn't convinced they would cover the original foot print good, but maybe they do.

[dodge_guy]

I used similar daylight (5000k) LEDs in mine. Haven’t had any issues.