LED Reverse lights - inside trailer ? - Fiberglass RV
Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 04-18-2006, 07:00 AM   #1
Senior Member
 
Trailer: 1970 Boler
Posts: 374
Anyone evertried these lights inside your trailer for reading lights ect. I'm sure they would draw minimum power and may be nice and bright?

http://cgi.ebay.com/White-LED-Truck-Traile...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-White-LED-Back-up-...1QQcmdZViewItem
Kurt in BC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2006, 08:54 AM   #2
Senior Member
 
Trailer: 84 16 ft Scamp
Posts: 725
My experience with LED lights for reading is that they don't give uniform illumination across a surface. If you want to check this out, many marine stores (I know the West Marine in Bremerton, WA does) have a display of a variety of lights that work.

That is not to say that all LED lights are equal, I'm sure they aren't.

The real advantage of LED lights is their resistance to vibration failure, since they don't have a fragile filament heated white hot. As to their conversion efficiency from electrical power to light, I have read they are just so-so. Better than incandescent, worse than flourescent.

At about forty bucks, that's only about half a fuel filling on my Diesel Jimmy. If it doesn't work out as a reading light it might be just the ticket for general overhead lighting, then you could use a small halogen or fluorescent for reading.

It would also be a cool back-up light.

Since I'm a early morning person and my wife is a late evening type and we both like to read, we have a couple of those book lights that clip to the top of a book page. Ours are LED, but have a special reflector that spreads out the light to overcome the blotchyness fairly well. You see them for sale in book stores as well as other places.
Loren G. Hedahl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2006, 09:50 AM   #3
Senior Member
 
Brian B-P's Avatar
 
Trailer: Boler (B1700RGH) 1979
Posts: 5,002
I generally agree with what Loren is saying about the characteristics of white LED lights, although the efficiency varies quite a bit between individual applications and can be much better than incandescents. This does sound like an interesting application.

One problem with eBay sources is that there is often not much real information. For a typical LED truck backup light, I looked at the Grote website and found SuperNova®, Oval, Dual System, LED Back-up Lamps; they draw 0.33A (presumably each), which is only 4W, which sounds promising as an interior lamp. If they are really four times as bright as my 1 W LED flashlight, I think they might be quite effective.
__________________
1979 Boler B1700RGH, pulled by 2004 Toyota Sienna LE 2WD
Information is good. Lack of information is not so good, but misinformation is much worse. Check facts, and apply common sense liberally.
STATUS: No longer active in forum.
Brian B-P is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2006, 04:09 PM   #4
Senior Member
 
Trailer: 1970 Boler
Posts: 374
thanks, thought I would bounce the idea of some. They could also make good lights for above the stove and sink and take up vitually no space.
Kurt in BC is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
led lights, lighting, lights


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Do you park your trailer inside or outside? Dale AZ General Chat 46 03-27-2014 03:15 PM
Inside Trailer Height Doug Mager General Chat 15 09-10-2008 11:40 AM
HELP!! No inside lights!! Christi W Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 12 01-27-2007 07:27 PM
LED Inside Lights Darwin Maring Care and Feeding of Molded Fiberglass Trailers 3 11-09-2006 06:57 PM
Reverse lights dont work on the back of trailer McClure Problem Solving | Owners Helping Owners 4 08-22-2006 06:46 AM

» Upcoming Events
No events scheduled in
the next 465 days.
» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:01 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.