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Ouch 40 dollars?

check out superbrightleds.com

I bought brighter than stock replacement bulbs for our boat at about 17 or 18 dollars per fixture total cost.

we bought g4 bulbs and then got the adapter that fit our fixture for them to plug into..

if you go to http://www.superbrightleds.com and look under marine/rv then look for the g4 bulbs for

G4 Side-Pin Lamps with High Power LEDs

I have used both the

G4(B)-xWHP10-DAC LED Lamp

which is brighter than a regular bulb that was stock in the fixture.

and just recently I upgraded a couple of the bulbs to the

G4-WHP15-DAC LED Lamp 

which is even brighter and will just fit in our fixtures. You have to get one of the bases that match your fixtures that adapt to the 2 pins out the side connectors in this bulb.

we have only used the warm white version of these. The current draw is so low that we ended up using the light circuit to install all 6 fans that we have installed on the boat. with all fans and every light (8) on the boat running at the same time the current draw is around or less than 3 amps if I remember right. I think the lights draw around 1 amp if they are all running. It seriously saved on having to run a totally new circuit to install the fans and the fans and lights now use less current than just the old lights.

Post edited 8:38 pm –November 5,2011 by Jonathan Cline

I installed the bulb in the v-berth instead of over the nav station,and no RF noise noticed so far on marine radio or FM radio.  Could be a ground problem as suspected on specific wires,not sure.  The FM stereo has some type of filter on it's power lines though obviously not effective for this problem.

I haven't measured the power difference yet.  I believe my 12V bulbs are using 1A each (ouch) and the halogen over the nav station is much more.

One other big reason to use LEDs (especially white LEDs) is because they are much wider spectrum which lifts the mood.  I've read many accounts now and spoken to cruisers who get very upset (moody) during extended cloudy days,much more than is warranted by the weather or lack of wind,and so perhaps attributable to a type of seasonal affective disorder when compared to the great serotonin created on very sunny days.  Basically,cloudy days become a real bummer,and "full(er) spectrum" lights should avoid this.

Post edited 1:11 am –March 23,2012 by Mungoo

For light use. I mean,if it's only gonna be used for your LEDs then this is really all you need. Along with a rosin core solder.
I have on and it's perfect for quick jobs. I also have one that has variable heat setting for

Connector / Power Wire LED Controllers LED Power Supplies

when I'm really gonna get down 'n dirty with a project that will take me a long time.
also,with LED.. you're gonna wanna get a heat sink,like the one here.

Post edited 11:47 am –April 9,2012 by Scott Carle

I have to have really bright spot type light. dim light messes with my head:).   It's like I cant think right in dim light.. I love our led lighting though. It is brighter than the stock bulbs and all we had to do is get new led bulbs for the existing fixtures. the beam width is 120 degrees on our lights so between the led beam width and the lens of the fixture it does a good job of both really bright under the light and distributed light in the area.

Scott