jolooote
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Luckily I only bought 2 replacement LEDs to try inside my motorhome. I have the duel bulb inside roof lights in my Class'A' with the capability to turn just one side on or both. They use regular automotive 1156 single contact type bulbs that get very hot. Well. I got the 24 LED (printed ckt board, $12.95)type from 'Super Bright LEDs'. I'm very dissapointed with the dull, erie blue light it puts out. I also got a 19 LED, 1156 ($9.99) one to try in one of my reading lights thats under the overhead cabinets. Again, very dull, erie blue light. Maybe its just my eyes, but it seems to mess with my depth perception too. 
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old guy
Oregon (pronounced Or e gun)
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The one's I bought were red and they serve their purpose well. I use them at night for night vision lighting.
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livingaboard
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Like I have said before, even though the technology is available to have great LED's at good prices, manufacturers are still in the mode of rushing things out to generate a profit.
Most of the time when you have a butt load of led's in a single fixture, it is because they are of low quality and low light output. That is why so many are needed.
Leds also have a huge amount of variance in their 'white' led's. The white will run from green to blue. I tend to buy surfire type flashlights at over a hundred bucks and they have a single LED running on 3 volt or 6 volts going from 3 lumens up to 80 lumens from a single LED. That kicks the******out of most any single LED bulb assembly out there that they are selling for RV use.
The LED's are not that expensive by themselves.
I am guessing in a few years they will get off their lazy butts and put out some good products.
Also, LEDs that produce blue lights are really bad for reading. They create more eyestrain than an equivalent white LED.
I also believe that LED's are not ready for general reading use as they are manufacture now. Accent lighting or anything requiring low light output really suit an LED well due to their low power draw. I would use them for clearance lights, step lights, etc. The ones that come factory on the rear for stop lights and such are really nice.
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SCVJeff
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Although Compact Florescents are.. I have a standard (small) table lamp that I snapped off and replaced the plug with a 12V Cig plug and installed a 2700K quick start 12V lamp (standard base), and it looks exactly like a real incandescent bulb at less than 1/3 the draw. No LED's for me..
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hwybnb
Southern California
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I have tried the same thing and came to the same conclusion. I have some LEDs that I use for night lights and they are great for that. The technology is available to create good LED lighting but it is too expensive for general use.
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Bumpyroad
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SCVJeff wrote:Although Compact Florescents are.. I have a standard (small) table lamp that I snapped off and replaced the plug with a 12V Cig plug and installed a 2700K quick start 12V lamp (standard base), and it looks exactly like a real incandescent bulb at less than 1/3 the draw. No LED's for me..
yep, LEDs have their place, but unless you boondock a lot and are willing to sit around in the dark, why?
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Fire/Camping Guy
TN
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Jolooote, where did you get your lights from? I am considering putting in a few of these myself for boondocking since they use so much less power. I was looking at his websitesailorsams.com
The multidirectional light bulb says it is a white light and costs 34 bucks a piece. Just wondering what kind you bought and if there is really a big difference between the different brands.
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trails2004
Wyoming
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The LED's you purchased are referred to as Cool White ( blue tint) you should look for Warm White ( brighter white).
Many folks on the Truck Camper Forum have installed LED's and are very pleased.
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trails2004
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livingaboard wrote:...I also believe that LED's are not ready for general reading use as they are manufacture now. Accent lighting or anything requiring low light output really suit an LED well due to their low power draw. I would use them for clearance lights, step lights, etc. The ones that come factory on the rear for stop lights and such are really nice.
That is incorrect- LED's of the correct tint and type will provide more than enough light for general use including reading.
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knightstar
Reno NV
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trails2004 wrote:That is incorrect- LED's of the correct tint and type will provide more than enough light for general use including reading.
OK, your comment is fine and dandy and I agree with it.
BUT... the problem is finding the correct tint and type as well as providing the desired area coverage.
I have "googled" the internet for hours and hours in an attempt to find some LED lights to replace those in my MH. Only a small number of the "hits" indicate a lumen output; most all of them proclaim "super bright LED's". If they are super bright, why do they contain as many as 60, sometimes more, individual LED's? (That's a rhetorical question.)
I'm with SCVJeff: I've been looking for compact fluorescent solutions to the lighting for my MH. I've found a CFL (compact fluorescent light) that I would like to use at Home Depot. Its an MR11 or MR16, I forget which at the moment, bulb with a sinusoidal tube just under the glass face plate of the bulb, in a GU10 base. So now that I've found the bulb, I have yet to find one fixture into which to place the bulb.
My next project is to look for a mini-T5 fixture and tube.
Steve
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