Light Fixtures - where and what to get?

[Scottybuck]

Almost all of my light fixtures (originals) are yellow and cracked if not completely broken apart. First off, if original fixtures are available, should I choose them over others, and where do I get them? If I should choose others, what should I get?

Thanks for the help guys....

Scott

[Dolphinite no longer here]

Scott,

Replacement light fixtures are widely available both on line and from most any RV supply store. You can probably find fixtures that are very close to or exact replacements of the ones you have. Quite a few people on this forum have replaced their incandescent lights with LED lights which require only a small fraction of the power that incandescent bulbs require. Makes your battery last longer if you aren't always plugged in when you camp. The LED fixtures are more expensive but if you shop around, you can find some pretty good deals. Look for LED lights that have a warm light to avoid that fluorescent-type of glare.

John

[Davidadro]

RV supply, E-bay, and trailer supply places all have 12 volt lighting options.

[waiter]

I seen these at several of the RV parts places, I did a Google image and came up with these.

http://www.rvpartsco...cementLens.html

or

http://www.rvpartsco...ementLens.html#

or

http://www.progressi...ht_pd750_1.html

or

http://www.americanr...-RV_p_7695.html

John Mc

88 Dolphin 4 Auto

John Mc

88 Dolphin 4 Auto

[Davidadro]

I like the idea of small LED lighting, as they are usually able to recess, and as ststed, nice along the under cabinets, and small spot lights too. last forever, use very little juice, yeah Karen, great suggestions!

[Giant in a Shoebox]

I was in the same boat, with dirty looking yellow fixtures, and opted to just replace all of them.

At Camping World (not known for low prices) modern looking replacements were 6 bucks apiece for single bulb, and 13 bucks for double bulb. The LEDs were all $35 and above. On the advice of my local RV repair guy I went with a fluorescent fixture for the middle of the coach. That was a $60 light, and it illuminates the whole RV, and only uses 2/3 of the juice that a standard light would pull.

[Sunnynshare]

These are the best I found, one over the table and you can easily read. I put them into a switched maritime dome light thing for esthetics. Kim

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004BYXUOO/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01

[85mirage]

I put in a few of these halogen ceiling lights and some just like it but without switches which were cheaper. Love em You can put led bulbs in em too. i guess halogen bulbs are battery drainers but no problems here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-VOLT-HALOGEN-RECESSED-CEILING-LIGHT-CHROME-W-SWITCH-/330605662191?pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&vxp=mtr&hash=item4cf9a20fef

[waiter]

I retrofitted my lights with LEDs.

These put out the same brightness and color as a bulb (can't tell the difference) and use about 1/5 of the current as a bulb.

LED conversion

John Mc

88 Dolphin 4 Auto

[Maineah]

As others have said replacements are cheap (I have several I would be glad to send you) but the way to go is LED's. Another option is CCFL's they also are pretty cheap I used them in mine for inside cabinet lighting lots of computer parts places will have them in a number of sizes people like to put them in gaming computers. A G4 base LED will fit in a fixture designed for a 10 watt halogen and use 1/10 of the power. I hate the ugly plastic fixtures and custom made mine to be flush mounted.