How Much Power Savings using LED's?
Just purchased 4 warm white LED panels with 20 5050 LED's. Wanted to experiment with these on my TT before purchasing more. Anyhow, one 20 5050 LED panel wasn't nearly as bright as the original 92...
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otrfun wrote:
Some good, interesting reading in this thread! Thanks to everyone!
I've decided against changing out any more 921 bulbs with LED's for the time being. I tried out another 5050 LED panel from another manufacturer and it had similar light and current characteristics. For my needs, a 50% reduction in current is not enough savings to justify switching over my whole TT to LED's. Until I can find an LED bulb/panel/array that can put out the same or more light as a 921 bulb (not advertised lumens, but real world illumination), that draws 425 ma or less (1/3 of the current of an old school 921 bulb), then I'm out.
I think a third is doable and we are getting that but I know what you mean. These puppy's are pricey. We have replaced anything not on a dimmer in the big motorhome but are leaving our flourescents as flouresents...for now. We have 8 batteries and 800 watts of solar. The little 22 foot Moho is different. We are power hungry with Kusrig coffee maker, TV, laptop. Juicer etc etc etc. We only have two 31 AGM's and 320 watts of solar so the LED's help out a bit. We are full timers so these are
our House/cottage.
