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| Re: LED lighting [message #205953 is a reply to message #205935] |
Fri, 26 April 2013 06:41   |
tphipps
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Are you replacing tube style. Google maximma MX84400 for a very nice replacement for the bulb OEM style overhead light Assembley. Similar footprint, half the thickness, lots of light. I've used 4 so far, and need to purchase two more. Very low drain on batteries, little added to interior heat. Outfit on eBay stores sells them at 3 for $99.
Dan has bulbs if you want to keep your OEM style fixtures and just replace the bulbs, another excellent option.
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: LED lighting [message #205955 is a reply to message #205953] |
Fri, 26 April 2013 06:47 |
tphipps
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Excellent article on LEDs in mobile environment.
Tom,MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
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| Re: LED lighting [message #206032 is a reply to message #205935] |
Fri, 26 April 2013 17:26 |
habbyguy
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I thought I'd pass along my experience. I did a lot of shopping for replacement LED bulbs (that directly replace the 30 or so bayonet mount 1141 bulbs that were in my coach when I bought it). I got one each of five or six different types (none of them expensive), and some produced horrible bluish "harsh" lighting, some put it out in the wrong direction, and the 9-LED panels I finally settled on were really nice. They put out light that's just a tiny bit cooler than the incandescent bulbs (but only to the point where it's an improvement over the yellowish original light), and I have yet to have a single failure after about 9 months. They mount with included double-sided sticky foam, and hook up with an itty bitty little wiring harness that has a bayonet style plug. They were in the $3 range, so will pay for themselves in pretty short order, since they seriously reduce my lighting current consumption.
FWIW, I put the ones I didn't like too much in out-of-the-way locations like my tool crib and used a couple of the bluish ones to balance out the warm white in the bathroom to give my wife the option of more daylight-like lighting (I can switch them in or out with the multi-position switch in the two fixtures).
Mark Hickey
Mesa, AZ
1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED lighting [message #206034 is a reply to message #206032] |
Fri, 26 April 2013 18:03 |
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ljdavick
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Mark,
Do you remember the vendor or model of the lights you settled on?
Larry Davick
Fremont, California
A Mystery Machine
'76 (ish) Palm Beach
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 3:26:45 PM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] LED lighting
I thought I'd pass along my experience. I did a lot of shopping for replacement LED bulbs (that directly replace the 30 or so bayonet mount 1141 bulbs that were in my coach when I bought it). I got one each of five or six different types (none of them expensive), and some produced horrible bluish "harsh" lighting, some put it out in the wrong direction, and the 9-LED panels I finally settled on were really nice. They put out light that's just a tiny bit cooler than the incandescent bulbs (but only to the point where it's an improvement over the yellowish original light), and I have yet to have a single failure after about 9 months. They mount with included double-sided sticky foam, and hook up with an itty bitty little wiring harness that has a bayonet style plug. They were in the $3 range, so will pay for themselves in pretty short order, since they seriously reduce my lighting current consumption.
FWIW, I put the ones I didn't like too much in out-of-the-way locations like my tool crib and used a couple of the bluish ones to balance out the warm white in the bathroom to give my wife the option of more daylight-like lighting (I can switch them in or out with the multi-position switch in the two fixtures).
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Mark Hickey
Mesa, AZ
1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED lighting [message #206035 is a reply to message #206032] |
Fri, 26 April 2013 18:05 |
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The good ones you like, where can i get them if i may ask. Thank you best regards
mickey anaheim ca. 77 palm beach.
On Apr 26, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Mark wrote:
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> I thought I'd pass along my experience. I did a lot of shopping for replacement LED bulbs (that directly replace the 30 or so bayonet mount 1141 bulbs that were in my coach when I bought it). I got one each of five or six different types (none of them expensive), and some produced horrible bluish "harsh" lighting, some put it out in the wrong direction, and the 9-LED panels I finally settled on were really nice. They put out light that's just a tiny bit cooler than the incandescent bulbs (but only to the point where it's an improvement over the yellowish original light), and I have yet to have a single failure after about 9 months. They mount with included double-sided sticky foam, and hook up with an itty bitty little wiring harness that has a bayonet style plug. They were in the $3 range, so will pay for themselves in pretty short order, since they seriously reduce my lighting current consumption.
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> FWIW, I put the ones I didn't like too much in out-of-the-way locations like my tool crib and used a couple of the bluish ones to balance out the warm white in the bathroom to give my wife the option of more daylight-like lighting (I can switch them in or out with the multi-position switch in the two fixtures).
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> Mesa, AZ
> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED lighting [message #206058 is a reply to message #206052] |
Fri, 26 April 2013 20:20 |
habbyguy
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| WD0AFQ wrote on Fri, 26 April 2013 17:47 |
That's the color I personally prefer, 3000-3500. The good ones have regulation on the back so voltage spikes won't blow them. At 30 bux I am thinking those do, but I did not see it stated.
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That's $27 for ten of 'em... I don't know if they have any kind of overvoltage regulation or not, but I do know that that my PD power converter puts out over 14 volts, and I've used the lights for many, many hours plugged in without a single failure (of even a single SMD device, much less a panel). And of course, at less than $3 a pop, if you do blow one occasionally it's not a crisis (with the already mounted double-stick foam, they don't take much longer to change out than the 1141 light bulb).
Mark Hickey
Mesa, AZ
1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED lighting [message #206074 is a reply to message #206038] |
Fri, 26 April 2013 22:47 |
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ljdavick
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Wow. 10 of 'em for $26 with free shipping out of "Red" China.
Larry Davick
On Apr 26, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Mark <mark@habcycles.com> wrote:
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> Larry, Mickey... these should be the ones (same vendor, same description). He sells individuals and packs of two, but the 10-pack probably make more sense for most of us...
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/10x-BA15S-1156-1141-Dome-Bulb-9-5050-SMD-LED-Light-board-Warm-White-/170823448829?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c5def8f d
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> The light output is almost indistinguishable from the (1.5 amp!) 1141 incandescent bulbs they replace - other than it's a little more diffused in the light's lenses (which is a good thing).
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED lighting [message #206080 is a reply to message #206074] |
Sat, 27 April 2013 00:43 |
habbyguy
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| ljdavick wrote on Fri, 26 April 2013 20:47 |
Wow. 10 of 'em for $26 with free shipping out of "Red" China.
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Yep. Strangely enough, it's literally cheaper to mail something from Beijing to the US than from one town to the next inside the US. I never figured that one out, but it was nice to be able to send stuff home on the cheap (I lived in "Red" China for a couple years in the 90's).
Mark Hickey
Mesa, AZ
1978 Royale Center Kitchen
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