LED Lighting Seminar with Kelly Walterscheid at Winnebago's Grand National Rally in Forest City, Iowa

Kelly Walterscheid is one of the vendors at Winnebago's Grand National Rally.  His company is RVLED Bulb.  Kelly breezed through the history of LED (light emitting diode).  He spent time talking about the amount of electricity needed to power incandescent, CFL (compact fluorescent lamp), fluorescent, halogen and LED lights.  LED lights use much less electricity than incandescent and halogen bulbs. LED lights use half the electricity of fluorescent bulbs.  They emit the least amount of heat while providing light.

LED lighting is used in manufacturing, stores, hospitals, museums, on farms, for traffic signals, car head lights, in homes and RVs. Kelly's company is supplying LED bulbs for Winnebago motorhomes.

Kelly knows lighting.

This is a very powerful LED.

A panel of lit bulbs includes a
replica of the first light bulb, an
incandescent bulb, a CFL bulb
& an LED bulb.

Cree makes a LED

bulb for home use.

Look at  all the parts

 that are inside this bulb!

This is a patio light.

Kelly provided valuable information on purchasing LED bulbs.  Experience has shown that inexpensive LED bulbs for RVs do not hold up.  The ability to handle different voltage levels is key to long lasting RV LED bulbs.  Moving to LED lighting in an RV is an investment.  The bulbs require less electricity, emit less heat and, if they are well built bulbs last for years.  

Kelly recommends reading up on LED lighting products.  Information is power. We should read LED packaging to see where the bulbs are made. Currently, higher quality LEDs for RVs are made in the US. Ask questions of the vendors.  An impulse buy may not be a good investment.