LED rear lights for the semi-trailer. Why choose LED?

Many semi-trailer dealers ask the question: why choose LED rear lights on a semi-trailer? In this blog, we will answer this question. We discuss what to look out for when selecting new LED rear lights for your semi-trailer, and discuss the pros and cons of LED rear lights. Finally, we share our views on LED lighting for semi-trailers and explain why we believe LED lighting is the future for semi-trailers and semi-trailers.

What should you look out for when choosing new LED rear lights for your 12V semi-trailer?

Quality LED rear lights for your semi-trailer are essential, not only for you, but also for other road users. Good LED rear lights are already visible from a long distance away. This can come in handy when the weather conditions are rainy or stormy. In some situations, you may have to drive on dark roads around forests or nature reserves. Also in this situation, it is, most safely to choose LED rear lights on your semi-trailer that are already clearly visible from a longer distance.

Would you like to equip your semi-trailer with good LED lighting? There is a suitable lighting solution for every demand in the TRALERT® product range. Feel free to view the range on the dealer portal. If you have technical questions about the products, you can always ask our technical experts, who can be contacted by phone.

Pros and cons of LED rear lights on a semi-trailer

When you decide to equip your 12V semi-trailer with LED lighting, this brings advantages and disadvantages. The overview below will give you more guidance on what to expect when you swap halogen lighting to LED rear lights.

Advantages

• Design: LED lighting features small, bright bulbs. These are smaller in size than halogen lighting. In most cases, LED rear lights feature a sleeker design than halogen lighting.
• Energy consumption: LED lighting consumes 75% less power than halogen lamps and 85% less than incandescent lamps.
• Durability: In terms of durability, LED rear lights are by far the best choice. Whereas a halogen rear light lasts about 500 burning hours (12.5 working weeks), the LEDs from a good set of LED rear lights last about 50,000 hours.
• Waterproof: LED rear lights from TRALERT® have at least an IP67 certificate. This means that the LED rear lights are splash-waterproof and can therefore also be used in the rain.
• Different connectors available: At TRALERT®, the LED rear lights are available with different connectors. For example, the LED rear lights are available with a 5 PINs Bayonet connection, 6 PINs Bayonet connection and a 7 PINs AMP Connector. Furthermore, it is also possible to order the LED rear lights with cables of different sizes, including the 0 - 50 cm cable, 51 - 100 cm cable and the 100cm+ cable.

Disadvantages

• Pricing: The only disadvantage of LED rear lights for semi-trailers is the purchase price, which in many cases is higher than comparable halogen rear lights. In another blog, we compared the purchase price of an LED work light with a halogen work light. This showed that buying an LED work light over time is the most economical option.
• Canbus interference: Because LEDs consume so little Ampere, this can cause interference with the CANbus of modern vehicles. This results in flickering lights and, in the worst case, lighting failure. To counteract this, TRALERT® offers various Canbus solutions and provides Canbus-proof solutions.

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LED rear lights for semi-trailers: a trend or the future?

When we weigh the advantages of LED rear lights for semi-trailers against the disadvantages, the choice is of course easy. LED rear lights are perfect for semi-trailers and semi-trailers as far as we are concerned. The only disadvantage is the purchase price. However, this disadvantage is negligible because the number of burning hours of an LED rear light is many times higher than a halogen rear light.