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Old 04-03-2013, 07:36 PM   #1
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2012 365BHS light bulbs???

Thinking about changing the inside bulbs in our 2012 365BHS to LED's. Are the bulbs with the 2 wire pins considered G4's? There's a place on ebay that sells "24 SMD white light" LED's for $2.10 each. Figured for the price they might be worth trying.

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careful, the white lights are very bright. If you want light like you currently have look at warm white.
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According to my Bulb Cross Reference Chart, you are correct. The double pin bulbs are G-4 bulbs. You may want to consider the warm white (or 3500 Kelvin rather than the 5500 Kelvin) rather than the white light. I have heard some folks complaining about the white light being too bright and giving off a light that is a bit too "institutional" and blue. Speaking for myself, I have the warm white and am very pleased with the light color and output. Hard to believe a bulb can put out that much light with only 1.5 watts.
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careful, the white lights are very bright. If you want light like you currently have look at warm white.
X2, be careful of the "Bright White" LEDs, you want most likely "Warm White"

If you have the Halogen Puck Lights, the G4 LED is the replacement
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This ebay site (http://www.ebay.com/itm/200751678998...84.m1497.l2649) sells both warm and white. I like the clean look that the white LED's put out, but don't want it being too overbearing. Decisions, decisions....
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Ended up ordering 20 warm whites for $19.58 shipped. WIll be sure and post once I receive and install them.
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Ended up ordering 20 warm whites for $19.58 shipped. WIll be sure and post once I receive and install them.
Great price! Do you have a link to those? Let us know how they look!
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jdorant,

Here is the link I ordered them from.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...E:L:OC:US:3160
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Here is the link I ordered them from.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...E:L:OC:US:3160
Are you sure you have 20 of those style lights? I only have 2 bulbs in my camper with the 2 pins like that and then 21 of the 921 style bulbs.
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jdorant,

All of the overhead lights, except over my kitchen table in mine are these G4 type bulbs. Think I only have about 12 fixtures in total, but for the price I will put the extra ones up just in case I need them.
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Update on the LED's. Although I don't have a way to post pics from here, I got all my lights changed out with the LED's. They are probably about 75-80% as bright as the OEM bulbs, but they still put out enough. Overall, I am very pleased with these.
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After a full 24 hour evaluation of the bulbs, I have to retract my previous commetn on these LED's. These LED's put out maybe 50-60% as much light as the OEM G4 bulbs. I ended up pulling them back out and putting the OEM's back in. Think I may try the 5500 Kelvan LED's and see if they do better. If anyone is interested in the 3500 Kelvan, I will be happy to sell them for the $20.00 (for 20 LED's) that I have in them.
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