LED Lighting - Am I making it too complicated??

Gandam
Gandam Forum Participant Posts: 23
edited December 2015 in Caravans #1

Basically all we want to do is replace as many as possible of the halogen bulbs in our van to LED. We read a number of articles on the process and thought it fairly straighforward so today we went through all the bulbs in the van finding out what type &
size they all were. I found the LED equivalents but now after reading more information I wonder if it is quite as simple. Can someone please help me with a very basic question.

Can I just take out the halogen bulb ie 12V 10W and replace it with a LED equivalent? 

I have been reading about transformers & SMD's and getting a bit confused. 

Are the SMD's the ones with the yellow patches on them & are they better?  Will they all work with 230V or only on 12V. 

I think I may have confused a simple situation by reading too much!!! 

Some guidance please would be appreciated.