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Old 06-01-2015, 07:22 PM   #1
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Stair lights

So I am thinking of adding some blue LED lights on my stairs to go with my blue wine nook and blue refrigerator lights I see a place holder on the control panel for stair lights.It would be great to wire them into the existing switch. Has any one added aftermarket lights? Any pointers?
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Old 06-01-2015, 07:27 PM   #2
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You can get the led light strips at AutoZone and if your switch is already there then the wiring is most likely there as well. The LED strips already have 3M tape on them. Easy install.
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Old 06-01-2015, 08:05 PM   #3
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Thanks. I didn't see any wiring going to the stairs themselves. Looks like I'd have to fish wire from the switch down to the stairs. I'm just wondering how difficult this would be.
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Easy there 12 volt and about $10 or so from auto parts stores in what ever color you want and different lengths. My inside stairs already had them but my outside steps just had those yellow square lights so I used that wiring and used 12" blue LEDs. Looks better outside step lights and lit up better.
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Old 06-01-2015, 09:28 PM   #5
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I keeping hearing about blue refrigerator lights. Is there an advantage? Should I run right out and get some?
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We switched our normal bulb in our refrigerator to an LED last year in our 2015 Roo 23SS and I bought a white and a green led light for the fridge, used green all last summer and I'm using the white right now. I did think about blue, but only bought the two. There is no advantage to the color just something different, but the led bulb is cooler than the incandescent bulb that came with the fridge. And when I wired in a switch for the condensation heater on the fridge, the wire was near the bulb so now no worries of it melting the wire.
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Old 06-02-2015, 08:05 AM   #7
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[QUOTE=Davylee;881087] There is no advantage to the color just something different, QUOTE]

I will disagree with you on that, It seems to help by not blinding you as bad at night....
We will be adding lights to ours steps as well....
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Old 06-03-2015, 05:34 AM   #8
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I added an LED lamp to our steps on a previous camper. The lamp was designed as a tag lamp for a boat trailer. It was totally sealed and offered great illumination using only milliamperes of power.


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4 out of 5 dentists who were given a choice of which refrigerator to open chose the one with blue lights.

Blue light also makes the mountains on my can bluer, therefore it clearly cools my beer more quickly.

You can't fight science, blue refrigerator lights are clearly better.
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4 out of 5 dentists who were given a choice of which refrigerator to open chose the one with blue lights.

Blue light also makes the mountains on my can bluer, therefore it clearly cools my beer more quickly.

You can't fight science, blue refrigerator lights are clearly better.
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Old 06-03-2015, 07:32 AM   #11
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4 out of 5 dentists who were given a choice of which refrigerator to open chose the one with blue lights.

Blue light also makes the mountains on my can bluer, therefore it clearly cools my beer more quickly.

You can't fight science, blue refrigerator lights are clearly better.
I agree! Blue lights rule!
Okay, for a serious comment (question). Anyone know how difficult it would be to fish wires down an outside wall from the command center to the stair location? Is there insulation located inside the wall? My other option is to get power from under the frame somewhere, but I need to install a switch then. whereas I already have the switch location on the command center. Thanks!
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Blue light reminded me too much of the amount of time in the Navy I spent in the Combat Information Center under blue lights. And by no advantage, I meant beside personal preference : )
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Old 06-05-2015, 04:33 PM   #13
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I agree! Blue lights rule!

Okay, for a serious comment (question). Anyone know how difficult it would be to fish wires down an outside wall from the command center to the stair location? Is there insulation located inside the wall? My other option is to get power from under the frame somewhere, but I need to install a switch then. whereas I already have the switch location on the command center. Thanks!

The wall are hard foam. Might be tough pulling wire through the wall. I was gonna run wire from the battery to a weather pack switch and hide to out of the way under the stairs.
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Old 06-06-2015, 09:52 PM   #14
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I think the wire and switch from the battery is the way to go


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On a previous TT I drilled a hole through the floor inside a cabinet adjacent to the door. I pulled power from the 12v circuit there and installed a low voltage switch and an LED to indicate the stair lamp was on.
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Finished my stair mod, except a little cleanup of the wiring. I ws able to find an exact replica switch so control it through the control panel. Happy with the result. Here it is.
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Looks awesome ! Where did you find the OEM switch? And how hard was it to fish the wires up to the panel


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Looks awesome ! Where did you find the OEM switch? And how hard was it to fish the wires up to the panel


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Thanks!
I cheated and ran the wires through the bottom corner of the door frame and up the side of the door, then just a short run to the panel where the control panel is mounted.
Here's the link to the switches. They are identical to the ones already installed. At $2.49 each I got a few spares in case I want to add more lighting down the line.
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Thanks! Unfortunately the control panes in near the sink now on the 2016 :/


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Looks great!


And my list grows longer!!!
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