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07-31-2019, 07:31 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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I have had good luck with these over the past 6 years, very easy to install in the stock lights and leave on all the time or install a microswitch, I have done both. My bath and kitchen stay on 24/7/365 but they are minimal drain and it is all automatic. BTW, they also come in amber, green and blue
https://www.amazon.com/LAOMAO-Bulbs-...gateway&sr=8-7
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07-31-2019, 09:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
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ugh, I'd much rather have a amber night light than a blue one.
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07-31-2019, 11:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
ugh, I'd much rather have a amber night light than a blue one.
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Agreed, but blue LEDs are the fashion. Good luck fighting that. Amber is not the new black...
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08-01-2019, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MyronL
I have searched a number of LED bulb suppliers but none seems to have this "wafer" type with this base. Why is that? What is this type base even called?
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Myron, I have tried ordering wedge bulbs from Amazon and other places and have mostly been disappointed, but seven years ago I started ordering from superbrightleds.com who are not the cheapest place to buy, but every bulb and fixture I have bought from them has worked incredible. I changed all the wedge bulbs in my 19 to ones from them and was very happy. Here is a link to their wedge bulbs.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/...re-wedge-base/
I have also ordered light fixtures from them for inside the Trillium 1300 I rebuilt and found them to be great too.
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08-01-2019, 09:01 AM
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#185
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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Yes, I agree Superbrightled's are the best.
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08-01-2019, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
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Interestingly I just read an article that says the LED's attract the least amount of insects versus incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. Warm white has the least amount of draw of any other light, including a candle.
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08-01-2019, 04:51 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
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yeah, amber lgights hardly attract bugs at all. blue or coolwhite, OTOH, eek. and UV, phew.
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08-01-2019, 05:43 PM
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#188
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
yeah, amber lgights hardly attract bugs at all. blue or coolwhite, OTOH, eek. and UV, phew.
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That wasn't my experience. I switched to an amber lens and still got bugs, but the light was so dim I couldn't see the step, so I switched back.
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11-20-2021, 12:09 PM
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#189
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Victoria, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John in Santa Cruz
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Thanks, ordered 3.
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11-20-2021, 07:27 PM
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#190
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: New Mexico, New Mexico
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Has anyone had luck finding a LED bulb to replace the incandescent bulb in the hood? I have ordered two different T10 base LED bulbs from Amazon and both got very hot (akin to a halogen bulb).
thanks
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11-21-2021, 01:11 AM
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#191
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MVA
Has anyone had luck finding a LED bulb to replace the incandescent bulb in the hood? I have ordered two different T10 base LED bulbs from Amazon and both got very hot (akin to a halogen bulb).
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This thread should help:
https://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f...de-9407-2.html
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11-21-2021, 02:12 AM
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#192
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Mid Left Coast, California
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ideally, you want regulated LED lights, these will say something like Voltage: 9-18 V DC and maybe even AC volts too. These run a constant brightness even if your charging systems are jiggling the voltages up and down, and they are much more efficient.
There's a lot of cheap junk out there.
I'm currently using these unregulated LEDs in my E21 classic's ceiling lights as they are warm white.
they have 8 strings of 3 LEDs each, and the one thats flipped over in that pic, I've chopped out 6 of the 8 resistors, so just 6 of the LEDs light for 1/4 brightness
since they are unregulated, they flicker some with the various levels of solar and/or WFCO converter power.
here's a full one, and a 50% one (4 resistors cut)
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