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01-08-2015, 08:22 AM
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Amber front entry light fixture
Has anyone upgraded to an LED bulb in their amber front entry light fixture? The factory-installed lightbulb makes the fixture very hot when left on for hours, an LED bulb would ease the risk of a fire, reduce electrical power usage and likely last a very long time. Your thoughts please?
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01-08-2015, 08:59 AM
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Yes, Mine was a 921 bulb and I ordered 20 of them from Amazon and changed out all of them in my TT.
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01-08-2015, 09:05 AM
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I have switched all my RV lights over to LED best thing I have done for it. Just don't get the small cheap ones.. their light output is minimal and not worth the effort.
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01-08-2015, 09:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by eng45ine
Has anyone upgraded to an LED bulb in their amber front entry light fixture? ...snip...
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Yes. Installed a LED bulb in that fixture years ago in a class-B we owned, primairly to save power when we dry camped. Easy change. Had the vehicle for about 10yr. Never had to change it, or any of the other LED bulbs, again.
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01-08-2015, 09:40 AM
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Yes..change it. No more worry about to much battery drain and it won't melt the cover.
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01-08-2015, 10:08 AM
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Thanks everyone! I will head to the Amazon site to place my order!
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01-08-2015, 12:58 PM
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Like most, I upgraded from Amazon choices, the round discs are a warm color and quite similar to 921 incandescent. I bought a pair of the cylindrical ones for greater coverage( and I didn't need another 10 pk) those particular bulbs had the daylight color (kinda blue) in the yellow outside lens, its a god awful greenish color
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01-08-2015, 01:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff61
Like most, I upgraded from Amazon choices, the round discs are a warm color and quite similar to 921 incandescent. I bought a pair of the cylindrical ones for greater coverage( and I didn't need another 10 pk) those particular bulbs had the daylight color (kinda blue) in the yellow outside lens, its a god awful greenish color
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So is it advisable to purchase the flat disk type?? Any idea what the Kelvyn rating is on the flat disk type? I see one on Amazon being around 3000 Kelvyn.
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01-08-2015, 03:21 PM
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01-09-2015, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by SMS1115
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Thanks for the recommendation, I just added them to my Amazon cart.
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01-09-2015, 08:30 AM
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The flat discs in the surface mount fixtures are ok IMHO. Since they tend to be directional, they take alot of the glare out of the fixture which I always hated anyway. The manufacturers put those fixtures in because they are cheap, duh! I have replaced fixtures above sofa, dinette and bed with the ball , rotating can like you would find in an airplane or the old conversion vans but they are a little tricky to mount.
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01-09-2015, 02:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff61
The flat discs in the surface mount fixtures are ok IMHO. Since they tend to be directional, they take alot of the glare out of the fixture which I always hated anyway. The manufacturers put those fixtures in because they are cheap, duh! I have replaced fixtures above sofa, dinette and bed with the ball , rotating can like you would find in an airplane or the old conversion vans but they are a little tricky to mount.
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I am going to install a flat disk LED on the outdoor fixture, I'm sure that it will be plenty bright enough, but more importantly, it will be cool to the touch whereby I will no longer concerned with the lens melting and a possible fire. I will consider changing to LED bulbs throughout my camper once I have a chance to lift it up and access my needs.
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