Dome Light Bulb ???
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From: Winfield, MO
Do take some photos when you get one in. I am looking for a replacement LED bulb for the 194 type I have in now that has 5 SMDs. All I seem to find are about 650 lumen and that is not very bright in my cab.
I am seriously toying with the idea of getting one of those RV light housings. If it's too bulky, maybe try to break it down to try and make it flatter. Would have to come up with some other lens cover though.
I am seriously toying with the idea of getting one of those RV light housings. If it's too bulky, maybe try to break it down to try and make it flatter. Would have to come up with some other lens cover though.
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I also have an overhead console where I mounted a big clear rectangular generic dome light from Walmart, of all places; I put a 1156-style LED in it and it lights the place up like a stockyards.
I have two of those same Walmart lights in the sleeper, one at each end, with the same LED bulbs and no room in any house is any better lit.
Here are the 1156 that I used:
I have a vintage double aimable map-light also on the console that had little short fat 1156-base bulbs; they provided a little light, but nothing spectacular, and definitely nothing I could read a map by; I put those same LEDs in it and it will burn a hole through the map now.
I have old incandescents in my truck that are 1985-original; the LEDs outperform them in almost every way; I just wonder if they will last as well as the old incandescents.
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Those LEDs will be too high of a color temp for my liking. Want something around 4000K and lower.
It does seem that the basic chrome dome light doesn't have a reflector to bounce the light out of the housing, it's just open in spots.
It does seem that the basic chrome dome light doesn't have a reflector to bounce the light out of the housing, it's just open in spots.
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Just a few days ago, I had one of my ditch lights off to replace the bulb. The bottom half of the reflector was a bit rusty with all of the chrome flaked off. After wire-wheel cleaning the rust away, buffing the outer housing, and giving the whole works a couple coats of clear lacquer, I applied carpet tape and Reynolds Wrap over the rusty area and worked it down to conform to all the little ripples. Once I got the lens back on, anyone who didn't know could never tell the difference between my fix and a new light.
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