Arthur Marshall Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Up to now I've always used fluorescent tube lighting in the tub - each unit has two 8 watt tubes. As one cabin unit has just died and the other probably will soon, it's time to replace, and I was thinking LED. Any recommendations that would use less power for the same light? I've only got one domestic battery so power saving is fairly crucial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said: Up to now I've always used fluorescent tube lighting in the tub - each unit has two 8 watt tubes. As one cabin unit has just died and the other probably will soon, it's time to replace, and I was thinking LED. Any recommendations that would use less power for the same light? I've only got one domestic battery so power saving is fairly crucial. You can get 12v LED tubes which are a direct replacement for those fluorescent tubes. You just by pass the units inverter. Check them out on Bedazzled website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) Could you modify the existing housing to accomodate LED's Edited March 26, 2018 by rusty69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 34 minutes ago, rusty69 said: Could you modify the existing housing to accomodate LED's He’d have to, to follow Biz’s advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 2 minutes ago, WotEver said: He’d have to, to follow Biz’s advice. Ah, but Bizz posted whilst I was still typing,so I didn't see his advice. Thats my excuse,and I'm sticking to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, rusty69 said: Ah, but Bizz posted whilst I was still typing,so I didn't see his advice. Thats my excuse,and I'm sticking to it. Sounds reasonable to me. But what do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Marshall Posted March 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 hour ago, bizzard said: You can get 12v LED tubes which are a direct replacement for those fluorescent tubes. You just by pass the units inverter. Check them out on Bedazzled website. The bumpf says that one T5 tube is equivalent to 3 fluorescents. Does anyone know if that's borne out in practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Boy Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 If they are labcraft lights they now do led equivalents. I got mine from there agent Dun-Bri. They may have a Dun-Bri near you if not phone labcraft and ask who stocks them closest to you. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said: The bumpf says that one T5 tube is equivalent to 3 fluorescents. Does anyone know if that's borne out in practice? I would say from experience of my led spotlights that that seems a very reasonable assertion, may even be an under estimate. Nice little comparison chart in this article https://www.thesimpledollar.com/the-light-bulb-showdown-leds-vs-cfls-vs-incandescent-bulbs-whats-the-best-deal-now-and-in-the-future/ ETA having read the article through it would seem that in terms of wattage then it's about 6:1 for incandescent to led and less for CFL which they show as 1.4:1. I suppose it all depends on what is meant by "equivalent to 3 fluorescents" Edited March 26, 2018 by reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 16 hours ago, rusty69 said: Ah, but Bizz posted whilst I was still typing,so I didn't see his advice. Thats my excuse,and I'm sticking to it. Yes, but you need to be quicker then! It's no use typing interesting questions if you are not quick enough. We were all discussing what WotEver knows by the time you got round to replying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Just now, Dr Bob said: Yes, but you need to be quicker then! It's no use typing interesting questions if you are not quick enough. We were all discussing what WotEver knows by the time you got round to replying. Quicker i will be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Just now, rusty69 said: Quicker i will be That was quick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 25 minutes ago, Dr Bob said: We were all discussing what WotEver knows by the time you got round to replying. That would have been a short discussion then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Just now, WotEver said: That would have been a short discussion then... WotEver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, rusty69 said: WotEver. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col_T Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 17 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said: The bumpf says that one T5 tube is equivalent to 3 fluorescents. Does anyone know if that's borne out in practice? We had two lighting units in the kitchen of our boat, both of which consisted of two 12v fluorescents. I have put 1 odd Bedazzled LED tubes in each lighting unit. A single LED is much brighter than the 2 fluorescents. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 Yes we replaced ours with Bedazzled ones. One LED tube is as bright as 2 fluorescent tubes, which is ideal in the lounge and kitchen but actually makes them too bright in the bedroom (where there are two fittings that used to have one tube each) and I wonder if there would be a market for a half-power version as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad dog n' Englishman Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 6 hours ago, Keeping Up said: for a half-power version as well. They have these lower wattage tubes at Midland chandlers. You may not expect this but they are cheaper than Bedazzled. However the tubes I bought from Bedazzled are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Marshall Posted March 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Fitted the bedazzled tubes this morning. Certainly seem a lot brighter than the old ones - shall be trying them out properly over the weekend. Thanks for all the advice as ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said: Fitted the bedazzled tubes this morning. Certainly seem a lot brighter than the old ones - shall be trying them out properly over the weekend. Thanks for all the advice as ever. If I may be so bold What's the wattage difference between the CFL and the led? ETA No need found the info now thanks Edited March 29, 2018 by reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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