LED Lights

Rpod/ I ordered mine today on ebay, it looks like it is shipped direct from China, the price was right, thanks for the tip. I wish they would have come from an American Company, I would have paid twice the price if they would have help kept an American on the job, thanks for the tip.

Just got my LED's in the mail. These are the 36 element arrays that were shown by another R-Pod owner on this thread. Really like them. At least as bright, if not brighter than, the factory incandescent bulbs plus it is a "whiter" quality light. Changed out all 11 inside lights in our 177. Have one element left and might try loading it in the outside fixture.

Uploaded a pic to Dropbox and listed below is the link    ...MJ

http://db.tt/74LAMI97

I ordered the ones listed by "MT868" from eBay at the link he provided in the first post of this thread.

http://www.rpod-owners.com/new_reply_form.asp?PID=21141&PN=2&TR=14

I had not even touched the fixtures prior to replacing all of the incanscent bulbs with the LED arrays. The Pod was a little dark inside when I started working on the first fixture (double light right inside the door) so Imturned on the light. By the time I got the LED array out of the bag and ready to install Imcouldn't even touch the bulb in order to pull it out - - it was RED hot. Not sure how hot they ultimately get but given the distance between the bulb and the globe I can definitely see that there could be some discoloration over time. Glad I caught this early and replaced all the bulbs. The LED's can be handled while lit as there is virtually no heat output. Plus the brightness, as I said earlier is equal to or higher than that of the incandescents. Personally, I like the whiter light of the LED's too. Never truly realized the difference in light quality until I saw the side by side comparison for myself today.

Best of all was the price - - $ 0.99/per light plus shipping.

MJ

I still have the factory bulbs and haven't noticed any bubbling or discoloration.  Several have been left on for hours at a time. 

Originally posted by psaman Originally posted by techntrek I still have the factory bulbs and haven't noticed any bubbling or discoloration.  Several have been left on for hours at a time.  At $1 a "bulb" I might have to make the switch!  My only worry is often cheap LED lights will be overdriven (too much amperage) to make them brighter than they should be, and that results in them quickly fading and then failing.  I've experienced this with LED night lights. After I posted that, I thought it was silly, but I still can't get over just how hot the original bulbs get in a very short time. Will be taking the  Pod out soon and will see if the new LEDs hold up.

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the only thing I noticed so far is that the 2-sided gel tape that comes attached to the backside of the LED arrays doesn't like to stick in cold weather - - but that's a solvable problem.

MJ