LED Conversion

[saltydogjeff]

I have about 6 spreaders mounted underneath the rails on the aft deck. I do not know brand or anything, but I took them apart to try to determine the bulb type. It appears to be similar to the H3 Halogen 12V from Hella Marine. I could not pull the bulb out from the metal mounting bracket and it looks like it is soldered through the mounting bracket. Is there a replacement option for the halogen to go with an energy efficient LED? I attached a few pictures and a link to the halogen replacement. In the blurry picture I tried to capture the soldered connection.

https://www.defender.com/product.js...bulb&path=-1|65136|2312566|2312571&id=1121023

 

[wn6ngp]

Its unlikely that you are going to find an LED bulb that would be a mechanical replacement for what you have. There are strips of LEDs that run on 12v that you could mount.something like this,
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...l_85xycvvj89_e
they use a LOT less power.
Do a google on LED marine strip light and you will see lots of things.

 

[saltydogjeff]

I did a little bit of research. The bulb itself uses a PK22S base, which after performing a google search there are multiple options available using PK22S LED. I need to take the measurements to make sure the bulb will fit length wise. Will update following replacement.

 

[ajgraz]

Good research!

From what I've seen, there's an LED replacement out there for just about any bulb in existence.