Sven
Seglare
This non-sailing weekend we installed some DR LED MARS LED (red-white) dome cabin lights at $71.99 ea. from Defender.
We replaced the existing 5" dome lights and other than the cost we're quite impressed. The 3 watt LED puts out a lot of light and the fixture is barely noticeably warmed by the circuitry. The fixtures are plastic but could easily pass for metal unless you touch them. They fit the existing screw holes so we didn't need to make any changes. The only design flaw is that the back side of the fixtures is flat, leaving no room for connectors or lumpy wires.
With no generator or solar panels or wind generator the new fixtures will be a nice addition. Up until now we've been positively miserly with lighting on board, using the oil lamp as the primary source. We also have a couple of 3 watt LED reading lights in the v-berth.
Next we'll replace the 16 watt fluorescent light fixtures with 1-2 white DR LED dome lights which draw 3 or 6 watts depending on the brightness selection.
Spreader and nav light replacements come after that.
-Sven
We replaced the existing 5" dome lights and other than the cost we're quite impressed. The 3 watt LED puts out a lot of light and the fixture is barely noticeably warmed by the circuitry. The fixtures are plastic but could easily pass for metal unless you touch them. They fit the existing screw holes so we didn't need to make any changes. The only design flaw is that the back side of the fixtures is flat, leaving no room for connectors or lumpy wires.
With no generator or solar panels or wind generator the new fixtures will be a nice addition. Up until now we've been positively miserly with lighting on board, using the oil lamp as the primary source. We also have a couple of 3 watt LED reading lights in the v-berth.
Next we'll replace the 16 watt fluorescent light fixtures with 1-2 white DR LED dome lights which draw 3 or 6 watts depending on the brightness selection.
Spreader and nav light replacements come after that.
-Sven