Coast Resorts Open Roads Forum: So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?

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Posted By: Ski Pro 3 on 05/28/13 08:35pm

Dome wrote:

the ones you have a chance to leak(they are two peace,base and lens). lenses crack and leak. check them out closely. mine were full of water and leaked back in to the camper. I replace all the running lights with solid molded LED lenses. no leaks going on now.

So you are saying you change out the whole assembly, not just the bulb. And that you do this because the assembly is sealed water tight and that stock lights, with a lens cover do leak. That's understandable. The OP and many others for that matter, say they change the light out, not the light fixture. That made it sound like the bulb was replaced with an LED bulb. Like the interior light upgrades to LED bulbs. Thanks for the clarification.

Posted By: Dome on 05/28/13 09:23pm

I changed out all of the stock lights, the ones I got have the LEDs within a molded resin. No base or lens to leak.

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Posted By: Led 67 on 05/29/13 06:10am

Also think of this...With incandescent bulbs you have not only the leak factor which will lead to corrosion and socket failure as well as the potential for multiple leak points as well as a higher amp draw, LED lights are generally molded units that are one piece with less potential for water incursion thereby less failure potential, Incandescent vs. LED lumens is a clear winner with the LED being higher with less amps, Your alternater is already working hard enough with the stock configuration and then you put additional load on the vehicle so any advantage that you can gain will be a bonus. Just my 2 cents

Posted By: James' on 05/29/13 10:03am

Added a couple of medal cubicles to the closet for better handling of clothes. Quick, cheap and easy to do. Best of all... lite.

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Posted By: Moomba2002 on 05/29/13 10:36am

freddypinak wrote:

Moomba2002 wrote:

Replaced my Coleman air conditioner with a low profile Dometic. Very nice to gain almost 3" in clearance.

Also changed out the light bulbs to LED and what a difference in energy consumption!

Sean - what size Coleman did you put in? We'd love to replace our 13.5 with a 9200 since we have not had any luck running the 13.5 on our little Honda EU2000i. Haven't tried the hard start kit yet but...

We changed our bulbs to LEDs a couple of years ago...love them :-)

I picked up a 11k used polar cub by Dometic whiched replaced my 13.5k Coleman. I haven't tried running it yet off my Honda but will probably in a couple of weeks.

2017 Ford F350 Super Duty 4x4
Demco Hijacker Autoslide 18k hitch
2017 Columbus 383FB
ExtremeAire 150 PSI 100% Duty Cyle on board air w/4gal. tank

2003 Arctic Fox 1150 loaded except solor

Posted By: mark_be on 05/29/13 11:46am

To quote myself: [emoticon]

mark_be wrote:

Removed my blue sky 2512ix controller, which I'll have to send back. It overcharges the batteries - got 15.2V in boost mode while it was set up for 14.5V maximum voltage.

Contacted blue sky by phone today and they told me that my 2512ix has faulty software. They'll send me a new software chip, which should solve the problem. This means that I don't have to send it back anyway. [emoticon]

FYI: the bad software is V3.20, which is printed on a sticker on the chip.

2001 Ford F350 7.3 Diesel (DRW Crew cab Long bed)
Sonnax TQ and Sonnax 4R100 rebuild - 6.0 transmission cooler and OTW cooler.

2011 Arctic Fox 992 - 2.5kW propane generator - 315AH Trojan batteries - 2kW pure sine wave inverter - 140Wp solar

Posted By: sleekcrafter on 05/29/13 01:20pm

skipro3 wrote:

sleekcrafter wrote:

installed new LED clearance lighting. I'm strongly considering replacing the turn, tail, and back-up to LED now.

I've always wondered what is gained by swapping out the running lights on a camper. After all, they are only on when the truck is running so they don't drain the battery. I realize bulbs burn out, and that might be a good time to replace them; as they fail, but to just wholesale swap out the lights?

I put all new oem style last year, besides cracking and leaking, and bulb failures, I bought all new sealed LED housings, and caulked them in. I noticed cracking of lenses after 100 plus degree days encountering heavy rain with the lights on.

2001 7.3L F350 CC SB DRW BTS auto, Elkhorn 11X TC, 31 Jayco Designer, 1979 Belco Tunnel Dragster DragBoat

Posted By: Ski Pro 3 on 05/29/13 01:27pm

Do you have a link to where you bought the LED's or just a web site that shows what lights you purchased?

Posted By: Dome on 05/29/13 01:37pm

ledtrailerlights.com is where I got mine. there many many sight to look for lights. just do a search for led clearance lights.

Posted By: Ski Pro 3 on 05/29/13 01:44pm

Well, I still don't get it. The lights still need to be mounted. With screws that pierce the shell of the camper. The lights I see anyways. So how exactly are the LED lights not leaking then? Sure, there's no lens filling with water, but then it would only fill to the screw mount anyways, so that type WON'T leak until there's some water to fill and reach that point. Even then only MORE water will cause water to leak if it's not sealed.

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