Posted 2006-02-14 8:08 AM (#37163) Subject: L.E.D. lights
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Posts: 246 Location: Northern IN.
Howdy all,
I was wonderin' if anybody has a good place to buy L.E.D. lights for our trailers. I know you can get them at lots of places, T.S.C., truck-stops, R.V. dealers, etc.,. We have them on 1 goose-neck and 3 bull-racks, and was lookin' for a good place to get them cheap! (well cheap-ER anyhow). You can sure rack up some boot-money switchin' a wagon over to L.E.D.
Posted 2006-02-14 10:49 AM (#37175 - in reply to #37163) Subject: RE: L.E.D. lights
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Posts: 155 Location: North Salem, IN
If you are close to Ft. Wayne, the truck stop at exit 109 on I69 has good prices on Maxima LED lights. I stop there when coming through, but haven't been up that way in quite a while. They used to have very reasonble prices. I switched my trailer over to LED and just picked up a few lights here and there as I could afford to, then switched them all out at once. 59
Posted 2006-02-14 11:32 AM (#37178 - in reply to #37163) Subject: RE: L.E.D. lights
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Originally written by Broken Bit on 2006-02-14 9:08 AM
Howdy all,
I was wonderin' if anybody has a good place to buy L.E.D. lights for our trailers. I know you can get them at lots of places, T.S.C., truck-stops, R.V. dealers, etc.,. We have them on 1 goose-neck and 3 bull-racks, and was lookin' for a good place to get them cheap! (well cheap-ER anyhow). You can sure rack up some boot-money switchin' a wagon over to L.E.D.
Thanks, and bye for now,
M.J.
Broken Bit Ranch
I got mine at (surprise) superbrightleds.com
I don't remember the prices, only that they were very competitive.
I did both trailers and the back of the truck.
I have one SMALL problem, with no trailer attached the truck's stop/tail/flashers draw so little current that it exhibits the rapid flash symptom of a blown flasher bulb.
I got around this by wiring up a slightly damaged 7 pin connector that I had to 2 of the removed bulb type lights, I plug it into the trucks trailer outlet (in the truck's trapdoor floor, not hanging out the back) and everything works just fine.
Posted 2006-02-15 8:38 PM (#37334 - in reply to #37163) Subject: RE: L.E.D. lights
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Posts: 246 Location: Northern IN.
Reg.
Thanks for the heads-up on the superbrightleds.com... SWEET site! I can see my tax refund check gettin' smaller by the minute!! lol. I didn't see any of the ones with a clear lens, but when they light up then they are red, or amber, or whatever, have you seen that style yet? They are pretty sweet, a buddy of mine has them on the back of his bull-rack. They look like a plain white LED, but when they light up they're red.
Posted 2006-02-16 6:58 AM (#37341 - in reply to #37163) Subject: RE: L.E.D. lights
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Posts: 246 Location: Northern IN.
Thanks BigT, but I wasn't able to get the web site to go through, it just kept saying "this web address can not be accesed", I don't know, I'll try later, I hardly ever use e-bay, how would I find a particular persons "stuff" on there?
Posted 2006-02-18 9:20 AM (#37428 - in reply to #37334) Subject: RE: L.E.D. lights
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Originally written by Broken Bit on 2006-02-15 9:38 PM
Reg.
Thanks for the heads-up on the superbrightleds.com... SWEET site! I can see my tax refund check gettin' smaller by the minute!! lol. I didn't see any of the ones with a clear lens, but when they light up then they are red, or amber, or whatever, have you seen that style yet? They are pretty sweet, a buddy of mine has them on the back of his bull-rack. They look like a plain white LED, but when they light up they're red.
talk to ya later,
I only did it for reliability, as I understand it EACH led is good for some number of hundred thousand hours and there is enough (dot spec'd) candlepower in about 1/3 of the array to keep you legal, so you should have plenty of warning before getting into an accident or citation because of a failed bulb.
I wasn't interested in "kool looks", since I can't see them from the driver's seat (-:
Well, I did use 2 red and 2 amber ones for turn signals on each side.
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