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10/11/2014 at 12:33pm
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To be clear, SMD refers to Surface Mounted Diodes. This means the yellowy looking chips that stand just proud of the main body of the lamp, as opposed to the "Bubble" type led's encapsulated in little glass bubbles.
Buying Surface mounted diode LED's, is NO guarantee of better quality, there are cheap SMD LED all over ebay.
What IS important, is that they are REGULATED SMD L.E.D's
When using lighting in your Motorhome or Caravan (or boat) the L.E.D's MUST be able to operate at MORE than 12v DC.
This is because a fully charged battery is 12.7 Volts, and can get as high as 14v when charging your leisure batteries.
L.E.D's that state they are 12v DC will quickly fail at higher (or lower) voltages than 12v DC.
Buy SMD L.E.D's that are regulated! That is, they will operate from for example, at 10-30v DC, these will last 10 times as long as a typical 12v DC L.E.D in a leisure vehicle, and, whilst a little more expensive, offer far greater reliability. Stay away from the false economy of 12v DC only bulbs. Jacksons Leisure do a fine range of 10-30v DC bulbs, and seem to be the cheapest on the web...with a 2 year warranty!
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