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For some time i've been trying to pluck up the nerve to change my halegen bulbs to l e d's,thinking would they be the right one's would they fit in the existingholders etc I looked at www.ledbulbs4u.com.uk and there was a good description including the distance between the two prongs that make the connection,the bulbs are (sg4x warm white) and claim to use 2 watts eqivalent to 25watts .I put them in and are very satisfied ,hope this helps someone.

Baz :-D

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We too changed to LED's throughout inside the MH, VERY pleased with the result.

 

Still fairly pricey to buy, but prices seem to be dropping almost by the month as more suppliers become available; but good discounts available if you "bulk" buy.

 

Our 12 volt lecky usage is tiny now compared to before.

 

As others have mentioned, IMHO "Warm White" is the type to go with every time.

The plain, or "cool" white is a very sharp, harsh light by comparison.

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I replaced all my 10w halogen bulbs with led at the Lincoln Show last year. Cost me £75 ( for 9 bulbs), but money well spent IMHO.

 

Now sitting in a field near Leek with no leccy, blinding 'warm white' light all around and tapping away on my laptop!

 

Halogen bulbs produce as much heat as light, and had no business being put in motorhomes in the first place.

 

My mate has just replaced all his via ebay Hong-Kong for a fraction of my cost, so go for it! :-D

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I found Suntek really cheap - Received the lamps form Hong Kong in 3 days (free postage) and they work well. I also bought festoon bulbs to replace the awning lights - Much brighter than the originals.

 

The interior halogen replacements are http://www.suntekstore.co.uk/warm-white-90-lumen-g4-base-9-smd-led-bulb-12v-ac-dc.html

 

Highly recommended.

 

Just be careful when replacing lamps on a circuit with a dimmer (some 'vans do come with dimmer switches on the interior lighting) as the load with LEDs may be too low for the dimmer.

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dikyenfo - 2010-08-30 11:39 AM

 

The really piercing white strip of LEDS available substitutes v. well over the cooker and is much better that the alternatives.

WE also did this, makes cooking a dream, also replaced all our other bulbs this year at the malvern show, cost about £40 in total, but very pleased.
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The price of a motorhome-suitable LED bulb varies from not-cheap to very-expensive. It's probable that all the "not cheap" variety are manufactured in massive quantities in Far Eastern factories where cost not quality comes first.

 

I replaced our Hobby's six 12V power-hungry halogen MR16 spot-light bulbs with LED equivalents in December 2006 and one of these failed earlier this year. An exciting experience as the failed bulb was in the light above my wife's head as she was reading in bed. The light went off and then the bulb began to smoke badly. Investigation revealed that the complete LED-carrying section of the bulb had separated from the outer glass 'shell' and was hanging loose from the wires behind it.

 

In January 2009 I replaced 4 of the LED bulbs I bought in 2006. The original bulbs were the most powerful available at that time and fine for bedtime reading but only just adequate in the Hobby's lounge area. Technology had moved on and the 2009 bulbs had a different design with 21 flat LEDs rather than a crowd of individual domed-glass ones. Not long after the burning-bulb episode, 3 of the 21 flat LEDs of one of the 2009-bought bulbs stopped functioning.

 

So, if your bargain-basement LED bulbs fail long before you get the 1000s of hours of use you expected from them, don't be too surprised.

 

 

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Hi. If you are changing to L E D's, go for the new type, surface mounted square shaped ones, rather than the old round type, the new ones are yellow in colour when off , and come in white or warm white, they give better light output and have better built in voltage regulators. I have also fitted the warm white mains version in our bathroom and kitchen, very good light indeed.

Brian B.

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starvin marvin - 2010-09-08 8:26 PM

 

We have a couple of fluorescent tubes fitted in the van, the rest are all LED's, should we be looking to replace these with LED's? Is there a significant power saving available? and is there some alteration to the wiring required?

 

 

The power saving will not be significant and the limited direction of the LEDs light output might be less than satisfactory, depends on application.

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I typed the below response at tea-time yesterday but my mobile internet connection went stupid so I couldn't connect to post it - apparently there is too much demand in my area! (Stop selling the flipping things in the local mobile phone shop would be a good start to resolving the issue but that's not going to happen!!!!) *-)

 

I always thought that fluorescent tubes were very efficient anyway so I'm not sure there would be a massive power saving by replacing them with LEDs - perhaps one of the resident electrical forum gurus could give guidance on this?

 

As for LEDs, we replaced all the bulbs we could in our Rimor and very pleased we were with them especially as it meant no more burnt fingers when trying to turn off the over bed light where the switch was right next to the glass cover ... ouch!!!

 

When we got the Chausson we transferred them where we could, or bought new ones, and they work very well with 2 exceptions - we have a couple of funny reading lights either side of the lounge area, they have a long tube shade, about 8cm long and a diameter of 2cm (at a guess ... I'm not measuring them at this time of night! :D ). There is only one type of LED bulb that will fit in them, that's the barrel type with the prongs at one end, a single LED on the other end, and several LEDs on the curved sides. The problem is that there simply aren't enough LEDs on it to be able to read comfortably with it and I do like to do my puzzle book to relax at night, so I've asked hubby to put the old halogen bulb back in the one over the table, near the passenger seat, where I like to sit. The other one, near the habitation door, is only used for 'ambience' so isn't a problem. So, if you've got some of these 'slender' type reading lights, make sure you can get an LED replacement bulb that is suitable for your needs. B-)

 

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