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• Re: High Beam LED? again
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Apr 2000 00:09:09 -0500
  ...When these puppies were built, there was no such thing as a blue LED, or a white one. You could substitute a blue LED...
• MAGLED or LEDLIGHT
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 31 Jul 96 12:55:02 PDT
  Been there done that and converting your AA Maglight (tm) to use a high power amber LED is pretty easy. Gitchasef the LED in...
• Re: more on LED illumination
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:21:31 -0500
  I have done that (sanding) on LEDs to improve the dispersion of the light. I'm also working on an LED project. Research going...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:40:56 -0700
  Haven't found your basic led to dim very well david. Back in the day I made up led and resistor combo and fitted...
• Re: Fridge burner LED
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 08:12:33 -0400
  ...Fridge burner LED Is it par for the course for the fridge LED (lower red under the red for water) to be real dim...
• Re: Fridge LED light question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 3 Nov 2016 13:43:05 -0400
  ...Putting a good ground to the black wire shuts off the LED. Now the LED lines only when the fridge is running on propane...
• Re: flashing LED
  Historical mailing list - Sunshine
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:35:54 -0500
  ...I do realize what the gauge is for and the LED, the COOLANT TEMP and LEVEL. Where I thought it might be the oil...
• Re: Oil Pressure LED Missing!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:00:44 -0700
  ...Oil Pressure LED Missing! > Is this just something that happens to ME, or is it a common thing for > the oil pressure LED to...
• Re: Fridge burner LED
  Historical mailing list - Ron Bloomquist
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 09:36:17 -0700
  On my Fridge burner LED I have noticed it is lit when using propane, switched to 12 volt battery when the engine is running...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:48:06 -0400
  At 12:00 PM 7/3/2010 Saturday, Steven Johnson wrote: >A resistor in parallell with any other resistance or LED actually reduces >the...
• Re: Tail light stuffing
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 17:09:09 +0000
  I've been looking into doing the whole LED thing for a while, would love to see more detailed info on all of the...
• Re: LED replacement for westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:55:30 -0400
  ...i found a > cool > blue led that looks identical to the green stcok bulb. however when i > installed it the LED replcemetn would not...
• Re: Tail Light Bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:45:41 -0700
  This is from where I’ve been buying LEDs https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-vehicle-replacement-bulbs/vehicle/1990-volkswagen-vanagon--/64-1112...
• Re: Auto shifter LED lamp conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 7 Nov 2012 11:12:37 -0800
  ...If you want to knock up your own set of LEDs, check out http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz to figure out what resistors...
• Burned fridge pilot light?
  Historical mailing list - Fran�oix
  Sat, 9 Jun 2001 01:52:35 -0400
  ...I read no voltage at the base of the LED but when I turn on the switch of the led panel, I can read...
• Which Westfalia LED To Get At Radio Shack?
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:56:20 -0400
  Numerous people have said to get my RED Westfalia water level LEDs at radio shack. I have been to radio shack and found they...
• Re: Digijet Digitool Info
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 07:03:05 -0600
  ...Hooking a led circuit (light emitting diode) direct to coil minus takes out the digitool coil led. I have installed filters on all digitools...
• Cool Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Frank Brancolino
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 15:41:14 EDT
  IM looking for low energy 12v lighting and found some really cool stuff! I did a search for "LED lighting" (I user findwhat.com...
• Newbie Question Flood - LED
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:36:31 -0800
  There is an unmarked LED on the information panel in the counter between the water level indicators and the battery level indicators. Any idea...
• Re: Blue LED instrument lighting
  Historical mailing list - Roger Reynolds
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 20:10:24 EST
  ...coli to grow, I tried my hand a making a LED dash > light. > > materials: > > red LED from bike light. Unsoldered from little board, which...
• Re: Fuse for LED's?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 28 May 2000 09:27:59 -0700
  ...One protects the fridge and the other protects the pump/LED circuit. (I think I remember these fuses may be located in the box...
• LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Mon, 9 May 2011 20:56:35 -0700
  Seems many are trying out LED lighting for their vans. My solution as follows; "INREDA" under cabinet strip units from IKEA. 30 LEDs in...
• Re: LED lighting - Dash Lights
  Historical mailing list - Stephan White
  Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:59:29 -0800
  ...kind of LED size and voltage I would need for the dash lights? > > I am want to upgrade the bulbs to led. > > Can you...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:57:46 -0800
  I did use a diesel glow plug LED for other purposes on Steve Dolan's old '80 Westy when he installed a bit T4...
• mechanical speaking what triggers the LED?
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:11:34 -0400
  ...One of the "odd" symptoms of my LED is during the start up LED test the light will NOT go out unless I leave...
• LED taillights??
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 14:05:05 -0600
  Has anyone attempted to make LED taillights for the Vanagon? Any home-bound hobbyists with too much solder laying around? I had idea of...
• Re: Which LED to Use???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 28 May 2003 12:11:23 -0700
  >only two LED's I found at Radio Shack were (1) 2.6 VDC, 28mA, 10 mcd or >(2) 12 VDC, 20mA, 1.5...
• Re: more dashlight led musings
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:07:30 -0800
  Audin, yes those 'Neo Wedge Based LED Bulbs' look pretty good, and at $2.50 each are a lot more cost effective than buggering...
• more on LED illumination
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:31:55 -0800
  Very nice! But why not just use some 400 grit sandpaper and lightly sand the LED? No more "beam pattern". Gary Alistair Bell <albell...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:05:05 -0300
  ...It might retain a minimal >> glow for some time -- LEDs will visibly emit with microamps of current >> running through them. >> >> LEDs dim perfectly well...
• Re: Blue LED instrument lighting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:14:18 -0800
  ...coli to grow, I tried my hand a making a LED dash light. materials: red LED from bike light. Unsoldered from little board, which...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 7 Nov 2015 00:03:09 -0800
  That's the one I'm talking about Andre, the bottom LED of the LEDs on the panel on the front of the stove...
• Re: Those h4 led bulbs again
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 13 Feb 2017 04:39:09 +0000
  How much of the difference is the reflector? Did you try LED left, Halogen right? Be a more complete comparison I think. Mike From...
• Oil Pressure Light LED Trouble Shooting and Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:20:30 +0000
  ...So honing in on the dash plug through the circuit board to the LED. Seems all shows as connected on the circuit board up...
• more radiator discussion. anyone have LED sender unit fail?
  Historical mailing list - shawn feller
  Thu, 25 May 2006 23:32:16 -0400
  Doing the replace everything theory of lowering my gauge/LED temp. Next on the list is to replace the radiator due to flow constriction...
• Re: Those h4 led bulbs again
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:06:01 +0000
  I've tried a number of different LED headlamp options. The LED bulbs just don't have the proper focus for lamp not sedsigned...
• Re: LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - EL EL
  Thu, 12 May 2011 19:48:40 -0700
  ...com/p/12v-led-strip-30-led-50cm-white-5256 <http://www.dealextreme.com/p/12v-led-strip-30-led-50cm-white-5256>Many...
• Re: dim "High beam" indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Andy Ellis
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:20:57 -0600
  Of Per Lindgren wrote: "I believe it's a LED, not a bulb. I am not 100% sure though. Just FYI." I think Lindgren...
• Re: Vanagon Electrical Puzzle 2
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 23:25:49 -0700
  The answer is that temp gauge led is first and foremost an "over temperature warning" led. The coolant level warning aspect was added on...
• Re: Westy Interior Lighting
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:08:38 -0500
  If you've got an IKEA near you, they've got some LED lighting that can be wired directly into your 12V van electrical...
• Re: LED Refit - Source?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:41:50 -0800
  ...Browse through their other pages > too. > On LED vs florescent I agree with what many have said. The bright LEDs > are > usually a very...
• What Should I See On the Temperature Gage?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:58:35 -0700
  ...When climbing steep mountain passes the needle will climb up to the LED and at just above the LED the fan will come on...
• curious behaviour of interior led lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:27:32 -0700
  Funny thing started to happen after I replaced the interior incandescent lights with the led festoon lights from Van Cafe. I have a delayed...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 11:01:02 -0400
  ...Also consider a halogen H4 has filaments that emit light in a sphere and the LED does not. The reflector may not work as...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 19:15:22 -0700
  Heat will kill the LEDs. I guess heat and vibration might uncover less than perfect solder joints. But on the whole I'm keen...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 15:09:52 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] LED Headlight bulbs Great info Gentlemen. I see what is meant here. It would be fun to try a set of these...
• Re: LED Back-up lights
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 22:51:29 -0400
  ...I found ones that were LED projectors. Wow - amazing. I can light up the entire campsite at night. Jason On Sat, Jun 14, 2014...
• Re: Third brake lights (tack-free)
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:54:20 -0700
  ...Each LED should get around 1.5 to 2.2v >(check on package) if you wire them in series (positive to negative) in a...
• Re: LED Refit
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:10:08 -0800
  I tried all sorts of LED bulbs for my Westy interior and found all of them harsh and bluish regardless of what the bulb...
• LED replacement for westy
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:37:21 -0400
  hey all, my LED green light to indicate my propane pilot is burning is very dim at best. so i went to radio shack...
• Re: interior lighting - led strip
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:54:57 -0700
  At 2/24/2013 08:33 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: >finished a 2 strip, warm white led install yesterday. Got much >better light in...
• Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Fri, 2 May 2003 16:17:31 -0400
  ...Has anyone looked into a LED solution? Something LED based should be full-spectrum, energy saving, and non-"strobe" based. Seems like there would...
• Re: Bright LED Cheap source & usage
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:18:35 EST
  ...if the trick is to see how fast the LED pops its lens. Make that 400 ohms to run the LED at about 20...
• Re: High-Beam LED Indicator Bulb
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:22:39 -0700
  Hah -- I /thought/ that was a 1980's blue LED! The really-blue inexpensive LEDs that we see these days came onto the market...
• Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:45:18 -0700
  ...Parts list specifies "an LED" so..... My sense is that voltage stored in the cap would naturally taper off but kind of moot if...
• Re: Another LED application
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 8 Aug 1996 13:56:37 CST6CDT
  ...Now > I call upon our Zen and the art of LED color selection advisors to tell > us what color lamps should be selected for...
• Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:52:43 +0000
  Check out http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/
• Re: Fridge burner LED
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 19:15:19 -0700
  > There are a couple or three basic ways to make that LED brighter -- 1) use > a brighter LED; 2) increase the gain of the...
• Re: Those h4 led bulbs again
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:09:12 -0800
  ...I read good reports of a drop in H4 led bulb made by Philips. The pics of the beam pattern looked good. Problem was...
• Re: Water and Battery LEDs dead - fix
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Mon, 28 May 2007 13:47:53 -0400
  ...Water and Battery LEDs dead - fix I concur with Frank C. If none of the LED's work, it is usually the small toggle...