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TEDDY
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Topic: Led ceiling lights in new 178 Posted: 23 Nov 2017 at 2:16pm |
Is there a lower intensity replacement LED cluster insert for the bright ceiling led lights?
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Teddy
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mjlrpod
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Posted: 23 Nov 2017 at 4:36pm |
We use a plug in night light in a receptacle near the floor, it's enough to see, but not so bright.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195
2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl
I'll be rpodding
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TEDDY
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Posted: 23 Nov 2017 at 9:54pm |
Thanks .. we use the blue-green squares gor night lights ... the bright white pucks are annoying!
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Teddy
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john in idaho
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Posted: 24 Nov 2017 at 10:49am |
When we first got our pod, the ceiling lights were almost obnoxiously bright. Either they have dimmed some with use or I have just gotten used to them. They are fine now.
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TEDDY
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Posted: 24 Nov 2017 at 12:43pm |
Tks John ... I don't think the LED's should dim over time so much that you would notice it ... but I could be wrong.
Something like half the lumen output would be great for some of the overheads. I'll have to do more investigation.
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Teddy
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mcarter
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Location: Greenbrier, TN
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Posted: 24 Nov 2017 at 4:49pm |
I agree, don't think they dim with time, more so getting used to. I have not changed mine, so I use the lights to illuminate as required. If we are in dinette area I use bathroom and maybe over the kitchen window light. If in the rear bed, I use the dinette light maybe. One thing I will say, is when you have an issue, those bright lights are helpful. Some folks use window tinting film to shade the lenses and I use a night lite because I will trip over a rug. In my 178 the Jensen center blue light is an excellent night lite.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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voisj
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Location: San Luis Obispo
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Posted: 25 Nov 2017 at 12:03am |
I saw a post on the Facebook r-pod site where somebody put dimmer switches on them. And then somebody else chimed in with they actually make replacement ones that you can dim by touching them numerous times.
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SLOPODMODS
John&Sue,SLO,CA
2016 180 HRE, 2013 F150 Eco Boost
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JJT
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Posted: 30 Jan 2018 at 3:47pm |
Has anyone put dimmers on the LEDs? The lights are far too harsh for relaxing!
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geewizard
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Posted: 31 Jan 2018 at 9:20am |
I have added dimmers to my truck camper LEDs and doing so would be almost identical to those in my RPod. Adding them took a little bit of work but doable for almost everone.
This is similar to what I installed:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Low-profile-Inline-Controller-Dimmer-Switch-for-LED-Strip-Light-Bare-Wire-/361269577543
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2021 Winnebago Micro Minnie 1708FB
2017 R-Pod 177 (Blue) HRE SOLD
2004 Outfitter Apex 8 camper
2014 Toyota Tundra DC
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Larry-D
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Posted: 31 Jan 2018 at 11:58am |
Not in the rpod but I've put automobile window tint inside the lens, just laid it in there and didn't take the backing off the tint.
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