Choosing High Efficiency LED Lighting

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rockies Member	# Posted: 6 May 2017 06:32pm Reply http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/guest-blogs/toronto-passive-high-effic iency-lighting http://www.ledbenchmark.com/ http://www.soraa.com/products/18-MR16-GU5.3#

OutdoorFanatic Member	# Posted: 9 May 2017 06:07am Reply I just ordered these. https://www.amazon.com/Sunthin-Incandescent-Replacement-Battery-Powered/dp/B00VJBEC0I /ref=pd_sim_60_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00VJBEC0I&pd_rd_r=K7KAZZT9330XN4CKA63Q&pd_rd _w=YUOoI&pd_rd_wg=7JHPb&psc=1&refRID=K7KAZZT9330XN4CKA63Q Been running two 50W incandescent bulbs on two marine batteries but these only pull 7W for the same light as a 60W incandescent. Thats less than 1 amp so a couple of marine batteries will last hours and hours.

OutdoorFanatic Member	# Posted: 13 May 2017 06:29pm Reply Installed those bulbs today and wow are they bright. Makes my 50W incandescent bulbs look like candles. Very happy with them and now only pulling 14W in stead of 100w. Will probably put one outside the door and one above the deck now.

ForceFed70 Member	# Posted: 14 May 2017 12:34pm Reply Great article. I chose to use 12V LED lighting. There's lots out there for the RV industry. You gain a lot of efficiency by bypassing the inverter. LED lights have built in power supplies that have to take the AC and convert it back to DC.