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Post by Jim on Jan 10, 2018 18:15:29 GMT
Bedazzled have a good reputation. Try googling the model number of your tube with led replacement, you may get a direct replacement so don't need a new fitting. I got a few t bar swan neck lights from lidl cheap bin, 240v, but they have a 12 vole transformer which can be chopped off and saved for another day. The switch is inline on the 12v wire, again that can be cut off and a car rocker switch or whatever used. I've also bought 12v spot replacements g11 or similar that just fit into existing fittings.
Of course you know the biggest problem, it all comes from China!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 18:28:24 GMT
I'll vote for Bedazzled. They're very helpful, and will happily answer your questions and point you towards what you want.
Rog
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 10, 2018 18:42:05 GMT
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Post by jam on Jan 11, 2018 0:13:18 GMT
I had never opened any, and when I opened this one I couldn't work out how the fluorescent tube is supposed to be removed, and I didn't see what looked like a 'starter' unit. Rotate the tube 90 degrees and the tube should then just pop out of the slots at the bottom. Reverse to replace. Cannot help with the electronics, not enough information. Although it does appear to show a voltage regulator of sorts. This would assist with electronic starting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 8:33:56 GMT
Tubes, in this day and age... No.
I would remove with a nice shiny hammer.
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Post by patty on Jan 11, 2018 9:14:38 GMT
Tubes, in this day and age... No. I would remove with a nice shiny hammer. ouch...
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Post by bargemast on Jan 11, 2018 10:32:35 GMT
Many years ago I had a couple of quite similar looking lights, to get the tube out, you had to lever the contact strip sideways to undo 1 side and after that you could pull the tube out of the contact strip of the other side.
If everything else fails, there's always a possibility to make the tube more willing by gently tapping on it with a 5kg sledgehammer.
But normally what I wrote in the first part will be enough.
Peter.
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Post by phil70 on Jan 11, 2018 10:46:38 GMT
Another vote for bedazzled, replaced all my lights on the boat and now can have as many lights on with no thought for the battery the bulbs I have are rated at .25amp so minimal consumption. Phil
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Post by bills on Jan 11, 2018 11:09:13 GMT
Strip lights? I would recommend candles. All forms of electric lighting are a bit unforgiving when you have reached a certain age and the skin tone isn't what it used to be. You want to arouse, not repel after all.
Do you have a pole as well?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 12:01:38 GMT
Bedazzled from me also, replaced seven fittings and 6 bulbs, cost a few pennies but worth it, would suggest warm white!
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Post by IainS on Jan 11, 2018 13:39:10 GMT
The LED tubes are not a straight replacement : you have to remove or bypass the electronics in the light unit. (Removal is easier!)
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Post by JohnV on Jan 11, 2018 15:10:08 GMT
The LED tubes are not a straight replacement : you have to remove or bypass the electronics in the light unit. (Removal is easier!) It's not really a good idea to change a fluoro tube for an LED tube in a 12 or 25V unit as there are so many different ways the electronics can work. ..... best change the fitting. (Changing fluoro to LED replacement in a mains fitting is a doddle as you just replace the starter with the one supplied with the tube and that's it) Incidentally if you do have mains fluorescents then I really do recommend the swap, I changed the ones in Sabina's engine room and they are ace)
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Post by bargemast on Jan 11, 2018 16:04:30 GMT
Well, er, yes, I meant to change the whole 'unit'. All 5 (or 7) of them. Is there no-one else apart from Bedazzled? Where's the competition? Will have a look at Bedazzled now.... and Ebay in case someone has some decent scraps to flog. The way things are going, I can see you ending up with some Chinese junk, that will only work for the next 50 years and then end up in a landfill pit Peter.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 16:21:38 GMT
My mate sourced all his led stuff off ebay, it was all direct from China and cost pennies (99p per led. Even with fittings they were £1.99 each).
He's been using them without issue.
I disovered that they didn't work properly on my boat, and the led's quickly died.
That's why I went and chatted to the guy at Bedazzled and paid a few quid extra.
Your choice, but he is very helpful and really knows his stuff.
Rog
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Post by bargemast on Jan 11, 2018 16:29:25 GMT
Why can't the British make cabin lights for boats? Where are the 'Captains of Industry'? Where is the competition? Anyway, having a quick look now. We have 6 weeks to get something (and even then it's not urgent). If you are really lucky you may be able to find cabin lights with a sticker on it that says made in England, but in reality that means that this sticker that has been printed in Taiwan, was put on the cabin light in the UK, on a light that they imported from China. Peter.
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