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Title: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: Bill B on January 10, 2023, 07:35:22 pm
I have a 2000 U320.  My porch light fixture at the entry door is failing.  Have replaced the tubes couple times but would like to replace fixture with LED.  Has anyone done this and if so where did you find the fixture. 
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: dsd on January 10, 2023, 07:37:29 pm
ICIH (Pack-10 Aluminum DC12V 0.7A 8W SMD2835 72LED 0.5M/20 Rigid Hard LED... (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B087P2SMNH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1)
Put inside your light after you pull ballast out
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: Bill B on January 10, 2023, 07:51:13 pm
Thanks Scott.  Looks like a good choice.  I also found an article on All Things Foretravel by George Stoltz from a couple years ago.  He replaced with led tubes.  Both good choices.  Thanks for your response.
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: WS6_Keith on January 10, 2023, 08:50:14 pm
Thanks Scott.  Looks like a good choice.  I also found an article on All Things Foretravel by George Stoltz from a couple years ago.  He replaced with led tubes.  Both good choices.  Thanks for your response.

Can you post a link to that article Bill?  Thanks!
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: Michelle on January 10, 2023, 08:59:29 pm
Can you post a link to that article Bill?  Thanks!

I guarantee that is content-scraped from Foreforums and the Yahoo Group without permission (as is the majority of that site)...  give me a minute to find it.
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: dsd on January 10, 2023, 09:02:09 pm
Bill it's a easy mod. Drill out a couple 1/8" pop rivets and toss ballast and bulb mounts . Cut led strips to length and stick in place. I added some RTV to secure in the heat of summer. Gang the wires together and it's good to go. 12 volt DC.
Scott
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: Michelle on January 10, 2023, 09:03:25 pm
Why ForeForums is so valuable to me (https://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=12565.msg66074#msg66074)

Source needed for LED lights for porch light (https://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=12402.msg64778#msg64778)

Removal and repair of "porch light" (https://www.foreforums.com/index.php?topic=12211.msg63272#msg63272)
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: Bill B on January 10, 2023, 09:39:59 pm
[link removed - please see split topic link below - Michelle]
Michelle and Keith, This is the site I found the info on.
Scott, I will get to the fixture after my knee surgery.  Having a replacement on Thursday.  Lining up project for when I can get back on a ladder. 
Title: SPLIT: Derivative works/sites
Post by: Michelle on January 10, 2023, 10:13:11 pm
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Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: Phranko on January 10, 2023, 10:24:47 pm
Hardest part was getting the fixture removed from the bus and cleaning up the old adhesive.
The rest is EASY!
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: nitehawk on January 10, 2023, 11:35:57 pm
And me---I used Shoe Goo to help guarantee lifetime adhesion. That was about 8 years ago.
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: turbojack on January 11, 2023, 08:30:28 am
One thing to be concerned about when looking for LED lights in the input voltage.  Everyone things no big deal if it says 12V DC  Some LED fixtures do not like the 13.8-14.?? volts from coach 12v systems and will not last very long.
Title: Re: Entry Door Exterior Light
Post by: Bob_B on February 02, 2023, 11:16:28 pm
Thanks Scott.  Looks like a good choice.  I also found an article on All Things Foretravel by George Stoltz from a couple years ago.  He replaced with led tubes.  Both good choices.  Thanks for your response.
I have George's coach now and those yellow LED lights are still working great. They are currently lighting up a patio in a campground right now.