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"warm" light LED replacements?

beachlovingmom
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I am interested in replacing our indoor trailer lights with LED. Are there "warm" softer LED instead of the bright colder bluish lights? If so, where are they purchased?

Thanks!
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hddecker
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The last place I would buy LEDs from is an RV dealer, they have the same products that I have bought on ebay. The only difference is the RV dealer is charging 10X the price.

I went to LEDs about 5 years ago, when my old eyes couldn't see to read with the 12V incandescent bulbs. I bought few on ebay to try and after the test batch I reorder enough to do the rest of the lights in our Airstream.

When we bought the "Brick", the first thing I did when we got it home was order LEDs for every light in the rig. Cost me about $20 to do what the dealer wanted $200 to do. None of them have failed to this point.

Bigbird65
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Ivylog wrote:
Most of mine are G4 base or 98 cents each.
If you have the two light fixture with 1156 bulbs I would suggest these panels for $1.80.

Thanks for the info.
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jbbrick
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I replaced all mine (about 16) with warm ones from Ebay for a little over $2 each. Light isn't as bright as incandescent but adequate for me. They work better in the fixtures that have two bulbs, or one horizontal one. Several of mine were a spotlight-type reading light and the light doesn't come out the end as well.
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Ivylog
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Most of mine are G4 base or 98 cents each.
If you have the two light fixture with 1156 bulbs I would suggest these panels for $1.80.
This post is my opinion (free advice). It is not intended to influence anyone's judgment nor do I advocate anyone do what I propose.
Sold 04 Dynasty to our son after 14 great years.
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Bigbird65
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Ivylog wrote:
Not sure why you would pay 4x the price for m4products.com LEDs as they are all made in China. Higher price does not necessarily mean higher quality. I've bought over 60 in the last 5 years and one did stop working and one blinks after several years of use in my RV which we use half of the year. They are all rated 10-30 volts which should handle any power surges on your 12V system.

Could you provide us with links where you have been buying them?
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2018 Winnebago Minnie 2250DS

Ivylog
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Not sure why you would pay 4x the price for m4products.com LEDs as they are all made in China. Higher price does not necessarily mean higher quality. I've bought over 60 in the last 5 years and one did stop working and one blinks after several years of use in my RV which we use half of the year. They are all rated 10-30 volts which should handle any power surges on your 12V system.
This post is my opinion (free advice). It is not intended to influence anyone's judgment nor do I advocate anyone do what I propose.
Sold 04 Dynasty to our son after 14 great years.
Upgraded with a 08 HR Navigator 45โ€™...

Fresno_Tundra_D
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Check out the higher quality LED's at m4products.com
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BubbaChris
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Our RV tech brought us samples of both the yellow and blue LEDs for us to view before we placed our order. In our case the yellow was slightly more yellow than the traditional bulbs.
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FrankShore
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Take a look at a Kelvin chart and decide what color/hue that you like the best and go for that. eBay and Amazon both sell inexpensive LED lighting solutions.

Typical Kelvin Chart:



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Ivylog
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Yes... warm white/3000 temp on Ebay for less than $2.
This post is my opinion (free advice). It is not intended to influence anyone's judgment nor do I advocate anyone do what I propose.
Sold 04 Dynasty to our son after 14 great years.
Upgraded with a 08 HR Navigator 45โ€™...