Exhaust hood light
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Ray LeTourneau
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Our hood uses a 921 bulb. Our lens or cover was pretty much deteriorated so I just left it off. I also added some foil tape the the area directly over the bulb to help with illumination. Works much better now.
JohnDar
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I offered Dar one of these to use. Her movement was swift and sure. Now light really does come out of my xxx.
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RoadJunkie
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Be careful and check the power limits on the hood light. The power limit on my range hood is 10 watts and I replaced it with a 906 bulb at 9 (ish) watts. I couldn't find a 10 watt bulb, but the 921 runs beyond 10 watts. For example 921 bulb: http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/921~usa.html vs 906 bulb: http://www.donsbulbs.com/cgi-bin/r/b.pl/906.html
Foil seems like a good idea and I will try this approach.
Foil seems like a good idea and I will try this approach.
Ray LeTourneau
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I think I had a 921 in there to begin with. I replaced the original quite a while ago to increase the brightness. I imagine that's what caused the plastic lens to get brittle. Now I have no lens but it's nice & bright. I've thought about placing a couple of under cabinet puck lights up there but just haven't done it yet.
Replaced ours with a single fixture we had over our desk. Wasn't direct replacement, mounted it on hood slightly in front of and above old light, wired to switch on hood panel, left fixture in on position. Out of sight and not noticeable except DW can now see what's on the stove. Replaced the desk light with double. Both work great.
wdk450
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My wife hates low light levels in the trailer. So I invested in a 4 pack of 30 watt Thinlight flourescent light fixtures. I put 3 on the ceiling and 1 in the range hood in place of the OEM little halogen bulb. I had to fabricate a back support bar for the light mount screws out of small, flat aluminum bar stock. I secured this to the 2 sides of the hood with bolts and nuts. I also put a smaller flourescent fixture (15 watt?) in place of the standard 2 bulb light over the prep area next to the stovetop. Now she has plenty of light.
I can't find the same deal on E-Bay now. Here is a link to another supplier of this lamp: http://store.solar-electric.com/tl-134.html
I can't find the same deal on E-Bay now. Here is a link to another supplier of this lamp: http://store.solar-electric.com/tl-134.html
JohnDar
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I wonder if replacing the incandescent 921 bulb with one of these multi-LED's would improve it at all.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2F921-x12.htm
I did replace the single 1141 bulb in the fixture under the cabinet next to the stove with a 9-LED lamp and rotate the fixture 180 degrees so the bulb faces the stove, not the fridge wall. Did put a bit more light on the stove without putting a lot of extra heat under the cabinet.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/index.cgi?action=DispPage&Page2Disp=%2Fspecs%2F921-x12.htm
I did replace the single 1141 bulb in the fixture under the cabinet next to the stove with a 9-LED lamp and rotate the fixture 180 degrees so the bulb faces the stove, not the fridge wall. Did put a bit more light on the stove without putting a lot of extra heat under the cabinet.
Ray LeTourneau
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This one would work without rotating the base. A little more money though. Click Here
JohnDar
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Not sure, though. That side-firing one comes in a T10 base. The 921's are a T15, according to their website. I checked the 906/921 models they have and none are the side-firing type. I don't know what the difference in the base is without actually seeing one.
Ray LeTourneau
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Oops, I didn't notice that. I did see a very expensive one at the Rally from coil n wrap but they were $25 each.
JohnDar
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That is a neat idea. Do you remember the model or brand of the LED lights? I'm guessing that the transformer dropped 120V down to 12V, correct?
No, don't remember the brand. Just standard issue stuff. When I bought them while our trailer was on order there wasn't a whimper from DH about installing them.
Yes, the transformer drops the 120 to 12.
I hate working in a cave. Next test will be on our first trip to see how the lighting in the kitchen is. May buy a ceiling track light(Ikea has some great ones) and do the same thing.
We also have/will put LEDs into our reading lights throughout the trailer. Makes a world of difference. We will probably change out the light fixture over the table to an LED ceiling fixture also, again the cave issue.
I have found Ikea the best for finding 12v LED fixtures(all have transformers for conversion to 120). They seem to have the most flexible selection.
Yes, the transformer drops the 120 to 12.
I hate working in a cave. Next test will be on our first trip to see how the lighting in the kitchen is. May buy a ceiling track light(Ikea has some great ones) and do the same thing.
We also have/will put LEDs into our reading lights throughout the trailer. Makes a world of difference. We will probably change out the light fixture over the table to an LED ceiling fixture also, again the cave issue.
I have found Ikea the best for finding 12v LED fixtures(all have transformers for conversion to 120). They seem to have the most flexible selection.
Hoosier Wolverine
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Ray with reference to your suggested website for led bulbs, they show product no. 26453. As best I can tell this would translate to an incandescent bulb of about 15 watts.
I'm just curious as to whether you or anyone else thinks this might work well in the range hood.
John
