[C320-list] LED cabin lights

[Jeff]

I purchased a set of these because the price was good.  They fit the eyeball lights in the main cabin but didn't work in the aft cabin spotlights.  They are diodes so if one doesn't turn on after installing it, it is installed with the + pin not in the right socket.  They are ok and use exactly 1/2 the power of the halogens so they aren't the most efficient LEDs out there. Finding some more compact warm white CREE LEDs might cut the power use further another 75%.

8 halogen lights were measuring about 4.2amps. 8 of these LEDs dropped the use down to 2.5amps and very little heat. The heat from the halogens were really damaging the fixtures.

Jeff

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> On Apr 29, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:
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> Chris: Are you using these in the standard "eyeball" fixtures? I would think you would want something with a reflector design similar to the MR16 halogen bulbs that came standard on my 1999 boat.
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>> On 4/6/2015 10:38 PM, clburti at gmail.com wrote:
>> I found these LED’s on eBay…
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>> http://tinyurl.com/mbzamvs
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>> I purchased ten 24 LED G4’s, I had 10w halogens in the aft cabin fixtures as wall as the eight in the main cabin, so 10 was the perfect number. They are warm white and as near as I can tell without a light meter, have the equivalent light output as the halogen bulb. At $29 total and free shipping for 10, I am well pleased so far.
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>> Fair Winds
>> Chris Burti
>> Commitment
>> Catalina 320, #867
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