Replacing westy fluorescent tube with LED tube

[AdrianC]

but the power consumption is so low, great.

I'm not sure that a 3-4w (~0.3A) saving's that significant in the grand scheme of things.

[trucker]

My cheapo one is fitted.

Before


After


Very pleased, they are a little cold but much,much brighter

[California Dreamin]

I like that....yes a little white and you can see the individual LEDS but it's not bad at all...those 50:50's are very bright...a piece of tracing paper (grease proof oven paper) might diffuse and warm things a slightly.

Martin

[trucker]

To be honest the individual leds are probably more pronounced than the camera shows. I'm still pleased but I'll give the grease proof paper a go later as you suggest

[AdrianC]

Very pleased... much,much brighter

Have to admit, I don't think I ever felt ours needed to be brighter. One striplight on was usually fine, even to read by.

[trucker]

Very pleased... much,much brighter

Have to admit, I don't think I ever felt ours needed to be brighter. One striplight on was usually fine, even to read by.

I think the flourescents in ours were particularly yellow and dim compared to most

[Oldiebut goodie]

You can diffuse the light from leds a little by roughening the lens with sandpaper.

[MattBW]

but the power consumption is so low, great.

I'm not sure that a 3-4w (~0.3A) saving's that significant in the grand scheme of things.

Lol I guess not but every little counts and it was a straight swap ready made led tube no mods required

[danmetallic]

My cheapo one is fitted.

Before


After


Very pleased, they are a little cold but much,much brighter

Liking how yours turned out a lot, good job!

[simoncummins]

danmetallic That bulb you fitted is that the one in the link you put on back on page one as i may be being daft but cant find where its for 12v or 240v for that matter.

[danmetallic]

danmetallic That bulb you fitted is that the one in the link you put on back on page one as i may be being daft but cant find where its for 12v or 240v for that matter.

Well they're a boat light supplier and there's the "Voltage range 10 - 30 volts DC"

That's what I went on anyway

[ninja.turtle007]

With a fluorescent tube not working and having some off cuts of led ribbon in warm white I cobbled together this.



It is very crude but is didn't cost anything to make. The light is actually rather good in terms colour, spread and brightness. It is less white than it looks in the pics. You can obviously see the LED's through the diffuser. I've not committed yet as I haven't modified the actual light unit.

[danmetallic]

Not bad at all!

[Adeybruce]

I popped one of the £25 LED tubes in, very happy with the results. Whilst I'd like to get all 3 done, it's quite a lot of money that I'm not sure I need to spend. I think in most circumstances just one tube switched on is good enough.

[AdrianC]

Was the multimeter pic with the battery charging (engine running/hookup), or just 12v?

0.22A @ 12v = 2.6W
0.22A @ 14v = 3.1W

Not bad.