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10-08-2017, 04:35 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Mt. Vernon
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Aftermarket LED bulbs?
Does anyone have a recommendation for changing out all the standard bulbs in our new trailer?
Last trailer I switched them out with the cheapest amazon stuff I could find but they weren’t very bright and they were kinda blue tinted.
Has anyone found something they weee happy with and not spent a boat load of money to do it?
Caleb
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10-08-2017, 07:55 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Missouri City, The Republic of Texas
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I've had good luck buying on eBay. The cheaper sellers ship from China but delivery has been about a week. I've done this on both trailers we've owned. I shop for lumens (brightness) and color temperature (Kelvin). I don't buy if the product is described as "bright", "warm white", etc.
Do a Google search with the bulb number to learn what the original bulb's brightness is (Lumen) and pick the color you want. I look for about 5000K, that looks pretty close to the incandescent color to me. When I buy I get extras since they're relatively cheap and I expect some failures. I've had 2 fail out of maybe 35 or so, not too bad.
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10-09-2017, 07:42 AM
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Location: Saskatoon Sask Canada
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You went with the cheapest. Try buying quality from Amazon look for words like daylight or warm white. My minimum is 20 led's per bulb.
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10-09-2017, 08:22 AM
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Campbell Hall
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In my last TT (built 1983, owned it 2009-2015), I replaced the fixtures since the internal switches were worn out and the lenses were badly yellowed (some had melted).
The new fixtures had the LED's as panels, rather than a bulb-shape that throws light in all directions.
Never got used to the harshness of LED lighting in an RV.
We use candles whenever possible in the new (all OEM LED interior lighting) TT.
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10-09-2017, 08:55 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Port coquitlam
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I bought these. They are a little more pricey but are bright and give off a nice light. Amazon
GRV T10 921 194 24-5050 SMD LED Bulb lamp Super Bright Warm White AC/DC 12V -28V Pack of 2
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10-10-2017, 06:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Las Cruces
Posts: 1,148
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superbrightleds.com
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10-11-2017, 10:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Blaine
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M4 they have really good leds with good specs. Not cheap but work great. Wide voltage ranges and good lumens output for light.
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10-11-2017, 10:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Blaine
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10-11-2017, 12:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Fortuna Foothills
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M4 LED's
Quote:
Originally Posted by nwminnesota
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These are very high quality and have different color ranges and wattages depending on your preference. When we had our TT I replaced all the incandescent lamps with M4 LED's.
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10-11-2017, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: South Texas
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These are the ones I use:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EL13ISA...d=CYSEEYYUC9R4
They are every bit as bright as the standard incandescent (maybe more so, but not by much; certainly not "harsh"), and the color is just about an exact match. DW cannot tell which ones I've done and which ones I haven't.
Not the cheapest in the world, but I've never had a failure, the color is right, and the brightness is right. I have been buying them a few at a time for a couple years now. I think I have two fixtures left to do? And those are on fixtures that don't get a lot of use anyway. I prioritized my replacements on the most heavily used fixtures.
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