MASH BUS Blog

The MASH Bus is taking the leap to improve safety by converting existing incandescent lighting to L.E.D. lighting.

Soon we will be sporting new 7″ diameter LED tail lights, turn signal indicators and clearance lights.

The old incandescent lights are approaching 40 years of service and as such have surpassed their life.  The old lights are deteriorating at an alarming rate to such a degree that many of the fixtures are falling apart.  The colored plastic on the clearance lights is cracked and faded.  The lamp sockets are worn and loose.  Wiring on existing fixtures is beginning to wear, crack and deteriorate.

Originally we looked at replacement, new and new old stock incandescent fixtures but many of these lights are so old they are now reserved for restorations and the price many times is as much or more than new LED replacement fixtures.

Power is a premium on the bus as the electrical system usually works overtime to power all the existing incandescent lighting.  Converting to LED lighting only makes sense as the current requirments of LED lighting is a fraction of that needed for incandescent lighting.

Another bonus of LED lighting is the life of the L.E.D. components.  On average LED’s have an average 100,000 hour life as compared to a few hundred hours life for incandecent lamps.  The LED’s are also uneffected by shock, tempature as well as the elements and weather.

Keep watch for the MASH Bus as we will be sporting a new safer LED lighting sytem in the near future.