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My previous post about replacing bulbs with LED's was popular and I just updated it to include halogens.
Hope it helps
http://banbrv.blogspot.com/2015/03/learning-every-day-leds.html
I removed all the halogen bulbs in the MH last year, they get too hot.
And for LED headlights check here . . . swapped my halogen headlights for LEDs this summer . . . whiter & brighter
i will stick with my normal bulbs till they burn out. (decades from now). as the anti green leds are way over priced. --$25,usd ver $0.50 cents. vanity blub in my rv.--
(i say anti green as nothing in a led is recyclable, but everything in a incandescent bulb is).
as i have never had a electric supply problem running reg light bulbs. so at least for me there is no reason to drop $100.usd or more just for "change".
the anti green leds are way over priced. --$25,usd ver $0.50 cents. vanity bulb in my rv.--
With all due respect, we've replaced every single light in our MH with LEDs and I've yet to pay more than a couple of dollars each, at most. I recently replaced the halogen in our over-the-range GE microwave/convection oven. A year or so GE advised me that no suitable LED substitute existed--not so this year. The bulb I bought cost $3 and provides nearly as much light as the hot, 50W halogen it replaced and works without flicker even on the "low intensity" setting.
With all due respect, we've replaced every single light in our MH with LEDs and I've yet to pay more than a couple of dollars each, at most. I recently replaced the halogen in our over-the-range GE microwave/convection oven. A year or so GE advised me that no suitable LED substitute existed--not so this year. The bulb I bought cost $3 and provides nearly as much light as the hot, 50W halogen it replaced and works without flicker even on the "low intensity" setting.
Yes, in many cases cheaper than regular bulbs, and normally draws less than 1/8 the amperage of an incandescent for the same lumens. I have 60 g4 puck lights in my coach, and I replaced them all for about $22. And as you say a lot less heat and a lot less power used. If all on, incandescent 600 watts, with led, 90 watts. Works out to about 36 cents per bulb.
Edited November 11 by jcussen
i am not sold on led's. sure they use a little less juice, and put out light in the wrong color spectrum, so just looks like more light some times, then the new headlights on cars and trucks, hurt my eyes.
and the ones i looked at to replace my very usable ones are very costly. as to longevity. i say hog wash as i see so many of them out at traffic lights, and they have to be replaced a lot on the rigs at work. (outside and inside lights).
in my 5er, the bulbs are a good 18 years old (maybe longer due to warehousing time). rv new in 2001. so i still have lots of time on them.
only one "burned" but it was the connector that failed, and the vanity it was the glue not the bulb that failed.
but i do have this box of running lights (red-amber) that are leds, as the cheap ones from the factory, the lens, bases are cracking apart, falling off the coach and letting water in.
reg dot commercial lights are made better. yes still plastic, but twice as thick. replacing these due to many fails of the plastic lens, O and i can get replacement lens and parts almost everywhere. but i am saving the bulbs for use inside, if any, ever do burn out.
i am 60, and at the rate they are working and lasting me, i will be long gone and forgotten before i run out of them.
but then if/when i buy a new rv, it will be all leds from the start...maybe.
Edited November 11 by packnrat
i am not sold on led's. sure they use a little less juice, and put out light in the wrong color spectrum, so just looks like more light some times, then the new headlights on cars and trucks, hurt my eyes.
Although I doubt this is going to change your opinion, but, as jcussen already noted, LEDs use roughly 1/8 the energy of incandescent bulbs so it's not just "a little less juice." Furthermore the "color temperature" of the light produced by LEDs is quite controllable. There are plenty of "warm white" bulbs available these days that you are hard-pressed to tell aren't incandescents with respect to the light spectrum they provide. As for the LEDs used for car headlights, yes, automakers do use LEDs that produce blue-white light because those are the most energy efficient and least expensive to produce.
as to longevity. i say hog wash as i see so many of them out at traffic lights, and they have to be replaced a lot on the rigs at work. (outside and inside lights).
Yes, you do see traffic lights with unlit LEDs, but that could be caused by manufacturing failures as well as burnout. The attached article from the Department of Energy estimates that high power white LEDs will last 30,000-50,000 hours which is far longer than the lifetime of any alternative light source.. However, it should be noted that 50,000 hours represents "only" 5.7 years of continuous use so you could, in fact, be seeing traffic lights experiencing LED failure because they have reach their design lifetimes. If you'd like to read the article you can find it here: Lifetime of white LEDs
then the new headlights on cars and trucks, hurt my eyes.
X2 and X3 especially in changing terrain
Clay
A lot of new cars are coming out with LED headlights. Some interesting facts.
https://www.xenonpro.com/led-headlight-color-guide-choosing-best-color
if they are coming out with these crazy hot lights, then i will repay in kind with my off road flood lights, and mine are far brighter.
not good for the factory to build headlights that blind oncoming traffic.
I LOVE LED's in my RV, have replaced all the old incandescent and wouldn't go back !!!! If you shop on Amazon or E Bay or any of the other thousands of sources you can find them in the Lumen and Kelvin temperature rating and the price and quality of your choice SO INEXPENSIVE. As an electrical engineer I like the fact they use sooooooooooo much less energy, more light per watt, and produce so much less heat.
HOWEVER I believe each should use what they please and what works best for them be it incandescent or halogen or sodium or LED ….
John T
My previous post about replacing bulbs with LED's was popular and I just updated it to include halogens.
Hope it helps
You also make video like this, a video attracts more eye balls and it's easier to consume.
(i say anti green as nothing in a led is recyclable, but everything in a incandescent bulb is).
Moot point. I've never heard of anyone recycling light bulbs.
I've replaced a few lights w/ led's. The fixtures in the shop made a huge difference. I put all led's on the truck bed when I built it, and have converted a few tractor lights to led too. The price is coming down dramatically.
if they are coming out with these crazy hot lights, then i will repay in kind with my off road flood lights, and mine are far brighter.
not good for the factory to build headlights that blind oncoming traffic.
IMO factory LED headlamps do not blind oncoming traffic, it's the after-market replacement LED bulbs in incandescent headlamp assemblies that blind me, and everyone else that's meeting the vehicle. The old incandescent reflectors are not designed for the LED bulbs.
Our Lincoln MKX had OEM LED headlamps, when I pulled up to our white garage door there was a definitive line where the illumination stopped, no beam scatter whatsoever. There was no reflection off the white door to catch my eyes either.
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