Duck Squeezers-R-Us (not really but it's good PR)

On the recent weekend on the Time and Tide, one of the many small 12vdc overhead lamps burned out.  I bought an inexpensive replacement but also investigated direct replacement LED lamps as well in anticipation of being away from the dock for extended periods....like months :)

This past weekend the First Mate and I spent some time aboard preparing for spring (fire the woodchuck please).  I brought a stash of the new LED lamps for replacing some of the existing incandescent lamps.  Each new LED lamp arrived in its own anti-static mylar bag--I bought a mix of warm and cool white.

Here is one of the little light fixtures spread throughout the cabins.  We have nearly thirty of these little guys all over the place.

Inside of the lens and bezel...a bit dusty after a decade of life aboard.

Here is the original incandescent lamp without the lens--10 watts of energy and it gets very warm (like in don't touch it or you'll leave your fingerprints burned in the glass).

Lamp off and cooling before replacement.

Here is the comparison between the two lamps.  The LED disk is a tight fit but is made for this type of replacement in marine and RVs.

Fairly simple breadboarding on the backside of the LED lamp.

Here is the cool white LED lamp sans lens---pretty intense.

LED lamp with lens in place.  Very cool burning and only ~3 watts in all for a 70% reduction in energy use.  I must say that the warm white lamps are about the same in lumen output and accent the woodwork nicely.  The cool white lamps I placed over areas for task lighting were much nicer for seeing things in detail.