1156 LED bulbs

[Rolly]

I have a couple interior trailer lights that use 1156 bulbs. They are from the late 60s early 70s, plastic with an aluminum reflector behind the bulb. Has anyone on this forum replaced 1156 bulbs with LEDs? If you have, were they brighter, where did you get them, how much did they cost? If you were doing it again would you use the same bulbs or different bulbs?

Rolly

[tony.latham]

I have a couple interior trailer lights that use 1156 bulbs. They are from the late 60s early 70s, plastic with an aluminum reflector behind the bulb. Has anyone on this forum replaced 1156 bulbs with LEDs? If you have, were they brighter, where did you get them, how much did they cost? If you were doing it again would you use the same bulbs or different bulbs?

Rolly

I use these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1PC-BA15S-1073- ... 5d58bbd68f

They work great.

Tony

[H.A.]

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[Shadow Catcher]

I used something similar to this http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-X-White-48-SMD-Panel-Dome-Map-Interior-RV-LED-Light-Bulbs-BA15S-1156-Adapter-/201065556170?hash=item2ed070e8ca&vxp=mtr and used 3M double stick tape to fasten it to the reflector. The are effectively brighter because the light is aimed where you want it. Be careful of the color temperature hated the cold blue and I ended up replacing them with a warmer white.

[noseoil]

I replaced some back-up lights with the 1156 LED bulbs in a friend's Pathfinder. I asked him about it and he said there wasn't much difference. That was here in town... Once he got out in the boonies at night, he came back saying how much better they were than the usual filament ones he had originally. They are a cooler temperature (more blue), but are much brighter & consume less electricity. I put one in the back of my truck camper & it's much better at night.

[capnTelescope]

Reading Lights: 2pcs 13-SMD 1156 S25 Ba15s 12V Backup Signal Blinker Tail Light LED bulbs P21W 7506- Red

Porch Lights: LEDwholesalers Bayonet Single Contact LED bulb Ba15s 8-30v Dc & 12v Ac 60 LED 5w 300 Lumen,Warm White 1422ww

Both are way better than the incandescent bulbs they replaced.

YMMV, but be prepared to be disappointed when replacing incandescents with LEDs on your tow vehicle. Some vehicle controllers will see LEDs as a burned out bulb. They won't work without added resistors, which will at least partly negate the energy savings. You could (edit--it was should. Not what I meant.) still get the brighter lighting.

Good luck!

[Kaz]

Any led is better in my opinion. longer life, no broken filaments over the miles and power consumption is far less draw on your battery.

[GerryS]

There should be no draw on the battery...it's the alternator that provides power to the vehicle. Batteries are only used when the alternator is broken, or the engine isn't running. I'm an expert recently on the former.

As it's been said...LED lights act completely different than incandescent bulbs.....prepare for computer mayhem when you start converting to them . Conversion of s TV is a waste of cash. You'll never see enough gas savings to pay for them.

LED in the camper, if you boondock, is a different discussion. I personally don't like the light put out by LED bulbs for RV use...but they do produce almost no heat, and draw less current. If you can suffer the light quality that's a different use case, one where it starts to make sense for some. Even the warmest LED bulbs seem cold to me and there's an odd quality to the light....I'd almost call it a flicker, but DC current wouldn't cause that. It's harsh....I just can't get used to it. But that is just personal opinion.