LED lighting - voltage regulator??

[italianjob]

hello

I'm planning on changing my 12v flourescent strip light in my '85 c reg Holdsworth Villa 3 - having now passed the point of no return and snipped the connections and taken the old fitting out to inspect it.

Question - ifwhen fitting LED strip loights do I need to fit a vltage regulator? LEDs require a constant 12v - our vans, be it from hook up or leisure battery, don't chuck out a constant 12v, it fluctuates more up then down. So, in order not to burn out the LEDs is a voltage regulator required

Interested to know your thoughts/installation ideas

ta for now

[The Bishop]

I didn't put a voltage regulator in.

[Aberdeenbus]

All my lights are led,

SMds replacing the festoons and interior spots and 4 x 1m led strips

Not a regulator in sight .

Cheers
Si

[italianjob]

ta for the feedback.

Having looked into this a bit deeper, looks like the labcraft LED strip lights have an operating range of voltages from 12 to 16v, which should cover both juice from the leisure battery and the hook up.

[1664]

If the hook up charging 12v is connected to the battery, and the LEDs are connected to the battery, the battery will act as a smoothing device to any fluctuations in the charger voltage anyway. Within reason obviously.

[California Dreamin]

As you have discovered for yourself, LED's have quite a wide voltage operating range.
To illustrate this, the LED's in my speedo/rev counter binnacle actually dim as though they were conventional bulbs through the dimmer/headlight switch.

Martin

[1664]

As you have discovered for yourself, LED's have quite a wide voltage operating range.
To illustrate this, the LED's in my speedo/rev counter binnacle actually dim as though they were conventional bulbs through the dimmer/headlight switch.

Yes I was rather pleasantly surprised to find that myself, I certainly wasn't expecting them to