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• Anyone have Alpenglow's LED Reading Lights ...
  • Yes, since 2011
  • I have a chart gooseneck light with Alpenglow in'ards...
  • I replaced every one of my bulbs on
    • I replaced mine with LEDs too
      • I also added LED docking lights
        • Nice... I thought only powerboats used headlights.
          • You're right
        • Larry, on that deck lamp...
          • Mine was a PAR36 bulb
            • Yep, that's it. There do seem to be some 12-24V models available.
      • BTW G4 is another popular bulb base
  • Dimmable LED's concern me.
    • I have Alpenglow dimming light at nav station
    • Aspenglow makes 2 brightness level reading lights
    • I like your thinking there... but a combination might be the best answer
      • Agree, I believe a combination is the answer.
        • Have been reading with cheap LEDs
          • Installed LED lights for reading on Jaunty with 18 LED's, warm white.
            • Yes I buy "warm white"
            • I have pretty much the same lights on Tehani. They work well for reading.
          • lights affect different people different ways...
            • A big missing feature of LED's no one has mentioned.
              • agreed... which is why I think a mix of lights is the best answer.
              • Have you seen the LED candles?
                • We had a set of 3 mounted in pebbles
              • Good Old Boat had an interesting article in March 2012 (issue 83)
                • Trawler lamp
                  • Nice lamp.
                    • Why stow it... there was a "retention system."
                      • It looks like it might whip around
                        • My trawler lamp
                        • Retention system tames it... when connected!
                  • I use my lamp a lot, even though I have nice LED reading lamps
              • That is only true for PWM dimmers
    • You never had that concern with film movies?
      • Yes, a bit.
        • On the plus side I use my vision to find problems...
          • My eyes aren't good at all but I get 100% on that test every time
        • And color blindness CAN have strange benefits- Used to work with another
    • We've been dimming
  • Another use for LED lights is the new
  • They're even available now for the old household base marine lights.