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Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

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Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

Postby Tomion » August 19th, 2018, 9:37 pm

Just completed replacing all my cabin lighting to LED. Bought them on Amazon for 160$ for 30 lights. Came out excellent. Pretty easy job. I have about a dozen gold trim rings that arent cracked if anyone would like them. The

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Re: Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

Postby buster53 » August 20th, 2018, 7:28 pm

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Re: Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

Postby Easy Livin » September 5th, 2018, 10:56 am

Did you replace the whole fixture? Do you have a link? I am looking for replacement fixtures for mine.
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Re: Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

Postby jspin101 » September 5th, 2018, 6:13 pm

I replaced mine on my 2005 41 CMY. I got the 194-R-90 (red) bulbs for my courtesy lights from superbrightleds.com.

For the salon, staterooms, bathrooms I got
BAILIDA G4 LED Bulb, 12V JC Bi Pin Bulb, 20W Halogen Bulb Replacement, Daylight White 6000K, 5-Pack and
BAILIDA G4 LED Bulb, 12V JC Bi Pin Bulb, 20W Halogen Bulb Replacement, Warm White 3000K, 5-Pack on Amazon

What a difference, no heat!
Hope that helps.
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Re: Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

Postby buster53 » September 5th, 2018, 7:32 pm

I got a 10 pack bi pin replacement bulbs from Amazon for $12. The halogens were around 200 degrees. The LED's are under 120.
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Re: Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

Postby Marty » October 19th, 2018, 4:39 pm

Did you replace the trim as well? If so where did you pick them up as I have beige plastic trim(s) that a few have cracked.....and would like to replace with brushed silver or nickel.

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Re: Carver 444 cabin lighting to LED

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