LED interior light upgrade

[James]

Has anyone upgraded the interior lights from tungsten to LED? I'm thinking about having it done and was wondering if there were any drawbacks.

[Gary Carmichael]

James have you done the outside yet?

[tpr]

Millenium did my coach last year. They give off a whiter light. All seems well so far.

[merle&louise]

I have a friend who did it to his coach; he loves them. They are a little expensive considering there are about 40 inside the average coach. My buddy loves to have it cold inside his coach and that is one of the reasons he went with LEDs. They don't get hot like the little halogen bulbs do.

And like tpr said, they give off a whiter light.

[Gary Carmichael]

What is the cost to do the inside and the outside average?

[billbunch47]

I have recently changed all the inside halogen bulbs to LED. My fixtures on all but 5 bulbs were the sideways pinning G-4 bulb and I found them at of all places Lowes. It is a a rectangular bulb that has 3 rows of 4 led pucks, they have great light output no heat and have seen large drop on the amp gauge they are even dimable. Cost was 8 dollars and change and use your lowes card and get an additional 5%. Took several stores to rangle up the numbers needed but well worth the trouble, they are in the light bulb aisle in the LED section. The other 5 were a little toughfer same 2 pin G-4 style but a straight push in bulb that has been harder to find and much more costly but they are out there. This was done changing bulbs not fixtures which is pretty pricey with so many light in the coach. Bill

[Liam]

I have been looking at marinebeam.com as they have "constant current" bulbs that protect against the wide range of voltages in RVs and boats. They make T5 bulbs that pop right in to the 12V flourescent fixtures. You just disconnect the old (often broken) ballast.

[Coach Pro LLC]

We have done a handful of these with great results. They are dimmable, providing the right LED is used. Pricing is all over the map since most of the different bulb types, sizes, sockets, shapes, and so on are new to the market. Fortunately though the prices are going down, not up, and that doesn't happen very often.... We do ceiling LEDs for 18 bucks each installed on any make or model coach.

My opinion would be for amperage and longevity alone it is worth it....

Safe and well-lit travels,

Pat Sprenger
Coach Pro LLC