[Public-List] LED Bulbs

[americo silva]

don't know if its safe or not but why risk setting your boat on fire to
save a few bucks


On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 9:37 AM Mike Lehman via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> We have several light fixtures on the boat that take standard base bulbs
> (like those at home). Naturally on the boat, the voltage is 12V while at
> home it is 110V. I plan to change out the bulbs on the boat to LED (have
> already made this change to all of the bulbs at home). So as an experiment,
> I took one of the LED (Home) bulbs, that was purchased at IKEA, and tried
> it on the boat not expecting it to work...but it did! Not quite as bright
> as it is when connected to a 110 lamp, but bright enough to read by. I was
> very surprised.
>
> Can anyone shed some light (pun intended) on this topic? Why did this work?
> is it safe? It sure as hell is a lot cheaper than 'Marine' 12v bulbs.
>
>
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> Mike Lehman
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