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led upgrades

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:52 pm
by khisanth
Hi all i am looking to upgrade all my lights at some point to leds.... i love leds.

Firstly i want to upgrade ny sidelights and front and rear fog lighta but i seem to be unable to locate anything that says what the maximum watts for bulbs or leds that is allowed in either of these locations

Any advice or links be greatly appreciated. I have looked on the government website but as usual very vague with little information

Re: led upgrades

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:37 pm
by g8dhe
The list of bulbs and wattages are on the Bongo Wiring Manual site here take the Tab to the lights section, no need to bother with the manuals themselves; http://www.g8dhe.net/bwm

Re: led upgrades

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:45 pm
by khisanth
Cheers

So to keep it legal just match the led wattage and type to the ones on this link

Re: led upgrades

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:31 pm
by Simon Jones
Bear in mind that 21W rating for incandescent bulb will be completely wrong for an LED unit as LEDs draw considerably less power. For example, I've just replaced a 150W spotlight bulb on my shed with a 10W LED unit and the light output is roughly comparable. If I had 150W LED there would be a scorched piece of earth where my lawn once stood :)

Re: led upgrades

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:49 pm
by Dr Fingers
I've tried 3 different LED tubes in the roof light, none work properly (only half the led's , approx, actually light) so have had to revert to the vintage mode. Any suggestions?


Derek

Re: led upgrades

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:13 pm
by g8dhe
Do you mean the AFT light in which case I use these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T10-501-W5W-B ... 43bca6176c
and for the Cabin florescent roof light I use: http://www.g8dhe.net/bongo_images/repla ... cent_tube/
The COB LED's are these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10W-High-Powe ... 46205970e8

Re: led upgrades

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:44 pm
by Gasy
Put one of these before your LEDs
Eblay 281621100454
Simon Jones wrote:Bear in mind that 21W rating for incandescent bulb will be completely wrong for an LED unit as LEDs draw considerably less power. For example, I've just replaced a 150W spotlight bulb on my shed with a 10W LED unit and the light output is roughly comparable. If I had 150W LED there would be a scorched piece of earth where my lawn once stood :)
Depending on the colour of the LEDs you could wake up to 6ft high grass