bdm 47 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Has anyone swapped out the lights in their RV to LED lights with success and if so where did you get them from? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Yep, Amazon. I did reading to learn about kelvin/color temperature and chips vs. lumen. I ended up with lights that were a touch whiter than the incandescents and a fair amount of brighter or equally bright (I bought 2 different brightnesses). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ependydad...Doug 176 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Equally bright: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0135S7240/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C8J7U3U/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EKN2P60/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EKKJCLO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Way brighter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MVMMIA0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 I swapped out the one and only taillight bulb type of overhead fixture in our PUP with a double LED. What a difference! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bdm 47 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Thx, tomorrow doing a bulb count and then placing an order... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ftwildernessguy 778 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I redid all the incandescents in our trailer a couple years ago except for the lights over the bed, only because I liked the regular bulbs there. I have a voltmeter in one of the outlets and the savings in electric use was amazing. I suppose that only really matters if you boondock, which I sometimes do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ceemike...Mike & Judy 50 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I replaced most of the automotive type bulbs in my RV's interior lights several years ago with LED bulbs that I bought from superbrightleds.com. They are brighter and cooler than the incandescent bulbs and consume about 1/10th of the electricity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ssilence 0 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 It I got mine from Amazon also. The ones I opted for look like a pancake. They come in two different brightnesses and different color temperatures. The two I opted for are Warm White. You can find them here: https://amzn.com/B00EDFM5QU https://amzn.com/B00EDFM3B2 These have been working very well for me...no complaints. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caveat lector 181 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I can't believe how it reduced the heat in the rv. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I had tried LED bulbs in my original fixtures, and only had limited success. I have actually replaced all the fixtures themselves and they are all LED. Love them! I have the "stuff" to add some LED to my tail lights, but haven't got enough "round tuits". Also have replacement side marker lights, but once again, no "round tuits" at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WrigleysWagon 32 Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 I got mine from M4 led. The difference in heat was the first thing I noticed. I went with the cool white light, I think around 5000K. I didn't really like that, it was a little too, office/hospital-esque. I'd go with a 2700K, which is a lot closer to the standard incandescent bulb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmarz 72 Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 my pop up came with LED's on the inside I added an LED strip under the awning that does the job nicely for the pop up, its not "stupid bright" like some of the LED strips that run the full length of the awning but it does put out at 350 Lumens and its angled down towards the ground, where you'd want the light Outdoor LED strip I have not done any brake/ turn/ marker lights, I have read that if you do those you may get "Hyper Flash" and that can be corrected using a load resistor, so while the light is bright, the efficiency part is gone due to the load resistors Personally on my vehicles I have used leds from http://superbrightleds.com. and have not had an issue with them, I am looking to do some to the F150 for headlight/ fog lights and I am keeping an eye on diode dynamics as they are built and designed in the USA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Just now, swimmarz said: my pop up came with LED's on the insideI added an LED strip under the awning that does the job nicely for the pop up, its not "stupid bright" like some of the LED strips that run the full length of the awning but it does put out at 350 Lumens and its angled down towards the ground, where you'd want the light I saw a posting on a PUP site where the owner mounted on both sides of his PUP those rectangle off road light bars you see mounted on Jeep windshield frames. The pictures showed the area lit up like a stadium. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swimmarz 72 Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 yea those are most likely a copy of Rigid industries LED lights, they are expensive and super bright!if money is no object check these out.... they make a kit where i can replace my fog lights on the F150 with 2 pairs of their LED lights it will use less power and put out 10X the light only draw back is the cost at $650+ for the set up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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