Flippac build-out

Rsharries

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One of the first things we noticed camping was that the lighting could could use some work. The stock lights are fairly bright, but they draw about 1.7A. I orded sets of panels with 48x3528 size LEDs in both white and red. These were $8.99 per set of 2 from Amazon. I took down the lights and set to work modifying them.

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The stock lights are attached with 4 screws and use wire nuts. Be careful not to strip out the holes in the plywood plate they mount to.

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Start by cutting the wires off the light bulb holder and removing it with a Dremel tool.

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Attach your LED panels with the included tape. You can fit two of the 48-LED assemblies in one fixture. I went for white LED and red LED and installed a switch. Get the "warm white" type as the light feels much nicer. You can drill two 1/8" holes in the plastic to thread the wires through to the back.

If you go for the red light mod, drill a 1/4" hole in the bottom and install a SPDT (single pole, double throw) toggle switch. Wire the positive wire from the light fixture to the middle terminal and wire the + from each lamp to the others. Seal it with some 1/8" heatshrink and dress it up.

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As you can see, each panel only draws about 160ma. The red and the white are about the same.
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And here it is installed. The one on the left is the white LED (not warm, oops!) and the one on the right is the stock light bulb.

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Arclight
Arclight, I am finally getting aroud to swapping out my stock Flippac lights, and am trying to duplicate your modification, but i CANNOT locate red LED panels. any advice/direction would be greatly appreciated.
 

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