Hi Barry,

There are so many options with LED's these days it can be a bit like a kid in a lolly shop.

At the easy end of the scale it's a matter of going to Bunnings, Beacon Lighting or Ideal Lighting or any one of the lighting places and replacing like for like globes with their LED equivalent. Most RV/Caravan stores now stock LED lighting and replacement globes to do it the easy way just a globe change. Marine stores also.

Or you can upgrade the fitting. Lots of the LED's work on voltages from six to thirty volts DC so very low power draw. Quite easy to rewire ,two wires to connect.

One hassle though are replacing fluros with LED's. You can buy 240 Volt LED tubes to replace the fluro tube but that means taking out all the electrical internals and just having leaving the on /off switch. Less hassle to replace with a 12 volt equivalent.

You can now get LED's with dimmers to adjust the lights. Different colours and intensity of light.

Price is from relatively cheap to as much as you want to pay.

In my Jayco Westport with 12V lighting, I just paralleled up strips of switched LEDs.  I have the option of either or both lights but only use the LEDs.  Did this mod for every light inside & out.

(I was fortunate to have a number of LED light fittings mounted on aluminum strips; waterproof and with on/off switches included plus mounting clips.  I can easily remove them if I was silly enough to sell the van, leaving behind only one or two tiny screw holes at each fitting.)

I even made up replacement LED strips for my tail , stop & turn lights.  Much brighter.

A mind boggling array of LED options are available on the net.  You'll be able to choose an option that matches your electrical knowledge/ability .... and at a good price.  Much much cheaper than retail.

-- Edited by Cupie on Saturday 25th of May 2013 06:14:26 PM

-- Edited by Cupie on Saturday 25th of May 2013 06:15:22 PM

For the 2D Fluorescent tubes - use a replacement like this As you see there is a mounting socket on the rear to mount into the existing 2D tube socket and you disconnect the van wiring from the from the fitting and connect it to the lying leads on the replacement.

For the oyster lights or the Jayco fittings - use a replacement like this You may find that you would prefer 2 of these in each fitting as they are half the power of the first one. If you do you can simply bare a little of the wire on the plug lead of the first one and join the wire of the second to the bared section.

PeterD wrote:

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For the 2D Fluorescent tubes - use a replacement like this As you see there is a mounting socket on the rear to mount into the existing 2D tube socket and you disconnect the van wiring from the from the fitting and connect it to the lying leads on the replacement.

For the oyster lights or the Jayco fittings - use a replacement like this You may find that you would prefer 2 of these in each fitting as they are half the power of the first one. If you do you can simply bare a little of the wire on the plug lead of the first one and join the wire of the second to the bared section.

-- Edited by PeterD on Monday 27th of May 2013 01:28:13 AM

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 Look like a good option ... perhaps a bit dear if you are going to do the whole van.

Getting a 5m roll of LEDs & cutting them up to fit (& using the sticky backing) would do the whole job for the van at the cost of one of these fittings.  Of course you need to be confident in electrical work to make the fittings up, rather than just plugging in the fittings.

(but I did book mark the sites just in case  .. thanks).

I got these for my 20 year old Jayco, also fitted them to my previous van, Newland ('79).

They are virtually the same as the ones mentioned previously in this thread, but a fraction of the price, and they work great.

I put them in the tug as well  Very bright and very little current draw.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Car-Interior-5050-Panel-48-SMD-LED-Pure-White-Light-Lamp-T10-Festoon-BA9S-DC-12V-/350803556262?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item51ad8577a6