LED light globes in tail lights

Hi there muzzgit,have a look at this link gives you a bit of info on what you may be after.http://www.ledshoponline.com/.

Regards

Joe

Muzzgit,
I fitted two to my GU, sorry to say I was disappointed with the performance, brake lights were significantly dimmer than the standard lights in day light. I've gone back to standard globes. I'm not going into brands etc. I tried them in my camper trailer but they hang vertically in the holder which made things even worse, the globes have to be horizontally mounted to work effectivly.
Sorry, for me a waste of time and money.

muzzgit,

Having LED tail lights is good only for the person following you, as in your case. The lighs were biight and easy to see.
When I replaced the rear bumper on the Troopie I put LED tail lights on and they are bright and very easy to see. When they are not in use they look like extra large reversing lights, no color can be seen in the lense. They draw very little power and should last forever as they don't get hot or have a element to break.

Wayne

I think you will find that the led replacement globes that fit in a normal bayonet socket are not ADR compatible, probably due to the fact that a proper led lamp assembly has a different lens/diffuser to spread the light better.
Apart from some BMW cars and the occasional truck light I've yet to see a rear LED light assembly that I feel matches the light output from a good incandescent lamp assembly in bright sunny conditions especially if you aren't directly behind it.

Hi,

I had to drop a line or two onto the end of this one as a LED convert, I have fairly recently switched to LED lights on my camper and find them far brighter than my car tail lights even in bright sunlight.
Before investing in a set of LED lights I read a little on them and here is the info I found:
LED lights convert 90% of the power to light and 10% to heat as opposed to a globe, which turn 90% of the power into heat - they use very little power and last for a very long time.
The on time for a LED light is far better than that of the standard globe - an excellent feature for brake lights.
From what I understand the newer replacement LEDs emit light a full 360 degrees, and with the brighter LEDs available cause no problems with bright sunlight (well no more than convential globes)

Well for what its worth I am very happy with them and plan to switch my bulbs as neccesary.

Rokkitt

what i was trying to say is that putting bayonet fitting LED globes into existing light housings/assemblies is not the best or legal way to fit LED lighting.
You should be fitting a whole assembly that is designed with the LED's as part of the package and also ADR compatible.