LED Interior Lights for RVs

[scottperkins]

It has been claimed that the new technology LED lights can draw

as little as one tenth the electricity of incadescent lights

at the same light output.

For the last week or so I have been researching suppliers

and have determined that probably all of the automotive

suppliers are liars but that the Marine suppliers due to

some Coast Guard testing of some exterior lights etc.

are a lot more truthful. Also there are some testing organizations

like the magazine "Practical Sailor" that have actually tested

and rated many of the Marine supplier LED offerings.

So far it appears that the SailorsSolutions Marine mailorder

firm has the best product ( as determined by the Jan-2009

PracticalSailor testing. They have a LED bulb mechanism for

$39 and a bayonet bulb plug in adapter for about $4....

My Toy home has interior dome lights that normally take

the Walmart 1146 bulb. I think these products would work.

Further, If I decide to install an entire light fixture,

I will get the one that has the dimmer knob on the side

of the fixture that would allow me to turn the light

and the electrical drain down to real low.

Take a look at the links below including the exterior LED

running lights sold at NorthernTool.

http://sailorssolutions.com

Interior lights listings

http://tinyurl.com/ygg9to9

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200327022_200327022

http://svhotwire.com/info/?cat=108

[Maineah]

It has been claimed that the new technology LED lights can draw

as little as one tenth the electricity of incadescent lights

at the same light output.

For the last week or so I have been researching suppliers

and have determined that probably all of the automotive

suppliers are liars but that the Marine suppliers due to

some Coast Guard testing of some exterior lights etc.

are a lot more truthful. Also there are some testing organizations

like the magazine "Practical Sailor" that have actually tested

and rated many of the Marine supplier LED offerings.

So far it appears that the SailorsSolutions Marine mailorder

firm has the best product ( as determined by the Jan-2009

PracticalSailor testing. They have a LED bulb mechanism for

$39 and a bayonet bulb plug in adapter for about $4....

My Toy home has interior dome lights that normally take

the Walmart 1146 bulb. I think these products would work.

Further, If I decide to install an entire light fixture,

I will get the one that has the dimmer knob on the side

of the fixture that would allow me to turn the light

and the electrical drain down to real low.

Take a look at the links below including the exterior LED

running lights sold at NorthernTool.

http://sailorssolutions.com

Interior lights listings

http://tinyurl.com/ygg9to9

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200327022_200327022

http://svhotwire.com/info/?cat=108

Wow they are some expensive! They seem like the real thing most of the cheap LED’s do not have enough light to be worth while how ever it would cost me some thing close to $350 to replace my lamps. Just about any good parts store should be able to supply you clearance lights I replaced mine because I got tired of fiddling with them all the time to get them to burn it was well worth the $100 to replace them all.

[Gulfstream Greg]

Check this place out. Maybe a source to construct your own led lighting http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm?gclid=CNmE7IPWu50CFRkpawod83c8iA

[futar]

You can find the LEDs to fit the interior sockets. Be carefull!!! I know they say they last for a jillion hours. The cheap ones don't last long. Usually these are multiple LEDs in a socket. The light output is terrible. I'm talking from personal experience. They failed quickly and the output was dim. I bought mine from superbrightleds.com Never again, they were junk.

Another thing to consider is the color output. Some of them have a very unnatural color.

Generally the one and three what jobs are usually better quality.

[Gulfstream Greg]

You can find the LEDs to fit the interior sockets. Be carefull!!! I know they say they last for a jillion hours. The cheap ones don't last long. Usually these are multiple LEDs in a socket. The light output is terrible. I'm talking from personal experience. They failed quickly and the output was dim. I bought mine from superbrightleds.com Never again, they were junk.

Another thing to consider is the color output. Some of them have a very unnatural color.

Generally the one and three what jobs are usually better quality.

Here is the link to the superbright kits that work in our coach lights. The ones with the little square leds (1156-PCB-WHP9) are the bright ones. Thanks to "Low Power Dave" for the link.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/specs/pcblamp.htm

[Maineah]

Those 1156 LED’s are some of the brightest I have seen yet but some thoughts; they are 120 lumens and a 1156 is some where between 300 to 400 lumens (good deal brighter) the LED’s are around 7,000 degrees K and the 1156 is some thing around 2,400. What all this means is the LED’s are not as bright (but not bad) and the LED’s are much whiter some thing closer to a compact florescent. Whiter light takes a bit of getting used to, most of the every day lighting we use falls between 2,200 and 4,000 (more yellow looking) 7,000 is close to bright sun light. Sorry for the dissertation but I deal with lighting on a regular basis and over the years we have been trying to replace small wattage lights (we use hundreds 24/7) with LED’s in an industrial application and the powers that be have a problem with the whiter light so if you don’t mind less light output and a whiter light the LED’s do use considerably less power and last 10,000 hours or more and that is definitely a plus. Another thing you can't judge LED's by wattage you need to look at lumens and cheap LED's give cheap results.