LED Interior lights

[nmeyrick]

I'm looking to replace our interior light bulbs without changing the fittings, and I can see there are a whole slew of previous threads on the topic but as the technology is moving so fast I thought best to ask what recent experience people have. I currently have a number of 21w 12V bayonet bulbs marked 1142 12v 21cp in a teak backed mounting similar to this:

http://www.seamarknunn.com/acatalog/info_ES1278PK.html

These are used for general area lighting, and have a glass diffuser infront of the bulb and a metal reflector behind. I'm looking to replace the bulbs with a similarly rated warm white LED, and have seen many places do a bayonet adaptor to which you can then fit a flat card assembly with all the LEDs facing downwards.

Does anyone have experience of using these? It seems to be a more efficient approach than using a round bulb replacement, but I don't know whether the result would be a spotlight rather than diffused area lighting.

I also have a small number of 20W G4 halogen downlighters which I would like to LED at the same time

Can anyone recommend a good source of warm light bulbs to suit this setup? I'd rather not pay a fortune but at the same time don't want cheapo ones that fail.

Thanks
Neil

 

[Allan]

I've just replaced all the lamps in my saloon with units from http://www.bedazzled.uk.com. They were very helpful. One thing I would recommend buy enough lamps for just one fitting. I'm glad I did, as I then bought lower powered lamps for most places.
Allan

 

[DannyB]

I got these from Ultraleds a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/acdc-warm-white-bulb-1w18wback-p-2087.html

I had previously used the flat PCB type, but I found these spread the light more, because they utilize the reflector in the base of the light fitting. Very bright and almost indistinguishable from halogen.

 

[Georgio]

Warm-white LEDs from UltraLEDs.co.uk worked well for me. Not cheap but not had any problems.

 

[Auto5173]

For interior lights, I got the WILPAK Aircraft Style Lights. I installed it on my campers and boat... They come with bright bulbs just a perfect replacement for old lights...