LED Lighting Mod

[proskin]

Hi everyone. After three camping trips I decided I needed to do something with the lights. At nighttime the standard lights in the camper our way to bright. I ordered a set of warm white LED strip lights. I mounted them on the top of the wall opposite the door. I wired them in Through a switch by the front door. I then changed the single switch that lights up the floor light and put in a double higher-end switch. I can now turn on the indirect LED lighting right when I walked in the camper. The entire project cost me $30 and about two hours of work.

It creates a really nice warm white indirect lighting.

Have a great day!

[handbuilder]

That looks great! Way to go!

[Jeep4Two]

Very similar to what I did last year. I love the light strips. The done lights rarely get turned on now, usually only to light the way to bed or quickly find something at dusk in a dark corner.

Once its dark, the led light strips provide all the light needed, and draw much less surrey than just one standard bulb, and no heat.

[gregory]

We did that mod too and are happy with it as well!
Your double switch looks terrific!

Deb

[rawlus]

Did you use one of the led line connector clips to wire into the tape strip or is there another method?

This dimmer control looks interesting as well....

[proskin]

The LED strip I purchased had the connector built right onto it. All I needed to do was splice the red and black wire to the positive and negative through a switch. I thought about using a dimmer but decided not to. The dimmer you referenced was too big and bulky for this application. It would not have looked as nice as the simple switch. The LED brightness is perfect just the way it is. It really did not need to be dimmed that all.

[rawlus]

Ok cool. Thx for the info.

[rawlus]

Found this, for under $3 figure it's worth trying.

Mini dimmer

[proskin]

JR Products 12145 Brown Double SPST
On-Off Switch with Bezel

Switch



16 Feet Waterproof Warm White LED Strip
3528 SMD 300LED Flexible Lamp Light 12V 2A

LED Light Strip

[gregory]

Very nice, thanks to both of you for the links.
Now this mod has Gary rethinking our install and the switch we used...
Ah, hind sight!

Deb

[rawlus]

Originally Posted by rawlus

Found this, for under $3 figure it's worth trying.

Mini dimmer

I ended up getting this mini dimmer, works great. It does not have on/off so you'll still need a separate 12V automotive switch, but the ability to dim the lights is a great added feature. Works as expected and for a couple dollars well worth it.

[rawlus]

Originally Posted by rawlus

I ended up getting this mini dimmer, works great. It does not have on/off so you'll still need a separate 12V automotive switch, but the ability to dim the lights is a great added feature. Works as expected and for a couple dollars well worth it.

Spliced the LED strip into the fold-down switch, with the mini dimmer inline, ran an illuminated 12v switch to a location under the power outlet next to the electrical center, now able to turn led strip on/off and also control brightness with the mini dimmer. Total expense less than $15 for LEDs, dimmer, switch and some wire and connectors I had laying around.

I ran wire from the fold-down switch location through the grommet at top of rail and down into the HW Heater compartment. Was pretty straightforward, took about 45 min and most of that was snaking the three wires through the wall panel as I didn't have a wire snake.

[thehamguy1]

So with the dimmer installed there does it also dim the factory ceiling light? I've been thinking that would be a good reason for me to get a couple of those dimmers, since I have LEDs in those fixtures. The other LED light strips I installed along the top of the A walls are fine at their native brightness, but even with LED bulbs in the ceiling lights they're too bright most of the time.

[rawlus]

Originally Posted by thehamguy1

So with the dimmer installed there does it also dim the factory ceiling light? I've been thinking that would be a good reason for me to get a couple of those dimmers, since I have LEDs in those fixtures. The other LED light strips I installed along the top of the A walls are fine at their native brightness, but even with LED bulbs in the ceiling lights they're too bright most of the time.

What's up hamguy?

I did not wire the dimmer in to control the ceiling lights as well, but you likely could by changing where the inline mini dimmer went... Wire it in before the feed for the overhead lights and you'd be good, or better yet get two, they're only $3 after all, and have independent dimmers for both the led strip and the overhead lights.

Cheers.