Cool or warm LED cupboard strip lights?

I would have thought that they would all be the same, either all cool, or all warm, does seem strange.

Our over cupboard strip lights are all the same - cool white- colour but the kitchen lights are a mix of cool and warm white, the roof lights are cool white , the 2 fancy halogen ones above the cab seats are warm white and the 4 spots appear to be different again. . Weve not yet got a combination that I'd call either cosy or relaxing.

We prefer warm white all round and keep meaning to change some of them but we do wonder who decided to put in such a complete  mixture.

Hi Pete I had problems with one side of ours flickering, one of the problems sorted early days, and ours are warm lights.

John.

Ours all match pretty closely and are cool. However, the leds in the Freshjet aircon are VERY WARM and we therefore don't use them!

Hi john, next time we are down at A/S I may ask Mark about the difference in the LED strip lights. It's not really a problem, compared with other issues we have had, but if it continues to bother me I will replace them myself. I haven't had any flickering, but l have had to recently dismantle the LED light switch by the door to clean the contacts, as it stopped working! It was an easy fix, but you have to be careful that you don't lose the cable down inside the cupboard! I tied a piece of string to it! I noticed last week that the camping shop, Jacksons of Old Arley have a spare matching switch if I had needed one. They are very good and if anyone's interested they are just beyond Coleshill in the Midlands.

We haven't decided whether we will be going to the Peterborough Show this year. John, do you normally go in your van?

Pete

HI, yes this sounds typical A/S,youve got the end of one batch and the start of another!We had this with our spotlights, 3 one design and cool white,and 1 another design and warm white! when queried why/how? that was the reason I was given! which also begged the question of Q/C??!! One set needs to be replaced I would say .Best of luck regards     Paul

Paul, I think you are right. I will see what Mark at A/S says when we get back from our hols.

Pete

Masai Warrior wrote:Hi john,

We haven't decided whether we will be going to the Peterborough Show this year. John, do you normally go in your van?

Pete

Hi Pete we are going in our van with motorhomefun from Thursday to Sunday.

John.

Ours are also different. Cool white except over kitchen area where they are warm. Have just accepted it as normal  Sad really.

We want to get warm spot light lamps to replace the very harsh white. Any ideas where we can get them from.

I would've thought it should be opposite. I've fitted warm white in the lounging area and cool white in the kitchen area and bathroom, areas where I think a harsher light is better.
Al.

It's only the 'mood' lighting over the kitchen Al and the rest of the 'mood' light is harsh white but it's hardly 'mood' 
Reading the 'book' it says it is dimmable but that has been disabled in the Sargeant unit by AS as was causing a problem.

Our strip lights flickered and then went out shortly after taking delivery of our Broadway last year and the dealer had several goes before getting them to stay illuminated when turned on.  When we were out at Easter, we noticed that one of the four sets of lights was daylight white while the others were warm white.  Another thing to get fixed when the van is next in for service.

We've just had our first night in the van after my husband replaced all the cool white over- cupboard  lights with warm white. What a difference ! No longer does the van have a clinical dental surgery look inside and the 2 front lights, on either side of the overcab rooflight now match the rest.  Proper " mood lighting".

Well worth doing or, if you are buying from new, checking before you accept them...which we did not.

I agree - it's really down to personal preference, but warm white does have a much more "homely" feel, IMO. One thing you have to accept, though: all other things being equal, they are less efficient than the "cool white" type, but LEDs have become bright enough now that total light output is no longer the issue it once was...

When Atem fitted LED`s in my van I had cool white in the kitchen area brighter when washing up / cooking and warm white in the lounge area. much more homely.