LED Lighting

[Adeybruce]

Has anybody sourced LED lighting for their camper, from the interior to the exterior? Any recommendations?

[chuggers72]

I've used LED strips off Ebay :

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Have not got a pic to hand but ran them around the cabin roof within a thin wooden casing I made (so act like downlighters) and it looks mint! Really easy to wire in as well.

[CJH]

I've used a couple of different sorts - some tiny single LED dots from Wickes for use as courtesy lighting, and some larger, brighter low profile lights for the main lighting.

I wrote about them here and here

I see that the 'for sale' ad I linked to in one of those posts has now gone, but the seller I bought the bigger lights from also advertises on eBay, and I first saw them when he posted on here offering a discount for club80-90 members.

[Adeybruce]

Thanks Chuggers. Wow, they look great (in a kind of porn-star way!)

I was thinking more of a like-for-like replacement for my Westie lights; the standard interior lights and the 3 x Westfalia fluorescent tubes to make my battery last longer.

(Just seen the thread on exterior lights, which seems to have killed that subject dead!)

Any thoughts on interior light?

[kevtherev]

Ikea do a huge range of 12v lighting
This is a cupboard light




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[itchyfeet]

I like that pic

[kevtherev]

Thank you
Time lapse on a Matlock club meet.. .. the shutter was open for 30 secs.. it's not quite that bright in the van

[CovKid]

And provides a welcome stop-over for migrating moths

[Adeybruce]

They do look great. Thanks.

[jed the spread]

I am a big fan of LED lighting it is the future. My business partner Alan (V-lux on here) has put hours in researching and tracking down suppliers of quality LED lighting (he used to work on battery powered sub stations).

Our biggest single 37w light bar probably uses less than a car stereo and literally lights a field full of people up, so I dont worry about leaving a couple of our festoon bulbs on all of the time during the night. It is super handy if the little un gets up for a pi55 in the night. I think the best thing about LED technology is the amount of heat they don't give off. Our high power reverse bulbs are like having a spot light shining out the back of your van, if you had that power using a traditional bulb it would melt the lens for sure.

[Oldiebut goodie]

I have a clip on led light on my headboard at home - no worries about it being on close to bed linen unlike the original bulb that was in there. That was like having a small furnace by my head.