Lighting our new TT

[bazaarsoft]

We just recently bought a TT and am looking forward to doing a lot of traveling. One thing that we noticed on our first trip out is that the inside lighting is, well, pretty horrible: the dome lights are bright, glaring, direct, and frankly extremely unattractive. For instance, when watching TV, it's pretty much impossible to do anything but turn off all the lights. I can imagine if we were sitting in the living area chatting with guests, the lighting would be very distracting.

After spending a few hours looking online, I've yet to find anything to replace them that look reasonable. When we designed our house, we went to great efforts to make sure that there was mostly indirect lighting - it's warmer and less distracting. I was hoping to find some low-profile fixtures to replace the dome lights where at least part of the light was indirect.

What are others doing about this? Or do I just have unreasonable expectations?

[Sea_Six]

Bazaarsoft,

I went around to all of my TT's light fixtures and changed the bulbs to produce the light scheme I need for various times of the day, as well as specific uses (like watching TV for instance).

All of the overhead lights in the center of the ceiling have high-wattage bright bulbs. Whenever I need bright light I can turn on those lights.

All of the overhead lights around the edges of the ceiling (near the walls) and under the countertops have low-wattage bulbs. At night, I usually turn off all the bright lights and turn on all the dim ones. I can see the tv easily and if I need momentary light for a particular task, I just flip on one of the bright ones.

[LeBout]

Lamps are the answer! We have a lamp that we keep plugged in on the kitchen counter and we have matching lamps on either side of our queen bed. I'm TOTALLY with you...I hate overhead lights...even in our home. Lamps give a warm and friendly glow and make it look MUCH more comfortable. We picked up our bedroom lamps at Walmart and (I think) my wife found our kitchen lamp at a yard sale for $5. 🙂

[Chuck_Gail]

Since we rarely boondock, we installed some additional 120 VAC lighting that we liked. Works great.

[Blazing_Zippers]

My bride found a small lamp at a thrift store and it is a great addition to the trailer. The lighting in the unit isn't like the house, but it works to see with.
Keep trying things, and you'll get it right.

[Mandalay_Parr]

Try PPL for RV lighting and other items. Do a google search for PPL rv parts.

[JJBIRISH]

I think your expectations might be too much…

While I wouldn’t call the dome lights attractive I do think they are quite functional… customized lighting in a cracker box would be limited at best, but if you put the same effort into it as you did your house you will come up with something, maybe something similar to your home lighting adapted to the camper…