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  • Re: Eurospec Rectangular headlights
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:48:32 EDT
    ...and these are the words from daniel stern lighting and susquehannah motorsport.. both auxillary lighting retailers..
  • Re: Headlight relay(s)
    Historical mailing list - T Berk
    Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:31:51 -0700
    Karl Wolz wrote: > > Does anyone have a schematic for a headlight relay system? > > Karl Wolz <http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/relays> hth...
  • Re: South African inner headlight resources
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
    Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:15:20 -0800
    ...options for different Halo > makers. (Big price difference between Octane lighting and Oracle > lighting). Anyway, The 5 3/4" inner headlights are the problem...
  • Instrument cluster lighting
    Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
    Tue, 28 Apr 2015 20:58:34 -0400
    ...I did make an interesting discovery on the regular lighting for the main gauges, noticeing that that didn't seem to get very bright...
  • Re: possible lighting upgrade for your westy
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:07:27 -0400
    Tom, I realize that the market is infatuated with LED lighting, but is the highly-directional harsh LED really that great for the Westy...
  • Re: Followup: LED strip lighting power consumption
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sun, 8 May 2011 14:20:18 -0700
    ...strip lighting > > in Mellow Yellow, I want to add that when all four of the dimmers are > > set to full power, lighting the 280...
  • Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:58:07 -0700
    ...cathode flourescent > technology for the vanagons? > > I have been doing some lighting research and found out the LED > technology only produces about 23 lumens...
  • Re: lighting harness for trailer question
    Historical mailing list - John Brush
    Mon, 20 May 2002 12:09:40 -0400
    >have a utility trailer about to show up and was >wondering how you go about hooking up a lighting >harness for it. do you...
  • another led mod
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:17:46 -0800
    Used up a left over bit of led strip to light glove compartment http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/vanagon-led-lighting-the...
  • Re: 12V LED mood lighting?
    Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
    Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:43:12 -0500
    http://www.new.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4529044&l=dcd82&id=788165082 the tv part i installed last summer with in dash dvd...
  • Re: Dometic-Gas Lighting
    Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
    Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:56:04 -0600
    Davidson wrote: > > One other thing... If you live at high altitude you may have to turn the gas > pressure down. Bill, How is this...
  • Re: Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . .
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:51:26 -0800
    ...Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . . John, These folks always have good prices http://www.rallylights.com/hella/200mm.asp -John '85 Silver...
  • Re: Lighting options - again.
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Fri, 29 Dec 2000 17:53:03 -0800
    ...European Lighting for most Audi and Volkswagen models -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Dave Bayer...
  • Re: got hit by a front end loader
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:56:47 +1300
    Were the loader's lights even on at all? Any vehicle with "nonstandard" lighting arrangement should have flashing rooftop lights and use them.
  • Re: Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . .
    Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
    Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:06:10 -0800
    ...Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . . >Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:14:09 -0600 > >Doggone you, George!!!! > >Just when I think I...
  • Westy Fridge while driving and lighting tip(long)
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon
    Mon, 6 Jun 2005 15:37:29 -0700
    ...An observation about lighting the fridge I noticed today. I have the fridge out and connected to propane in lighting the fridge several times...
  • Re: New LED lighting and camping updates
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sat, 9 Nov 2013 21:49:04 -0800
    ...On 11/7/13, J B <jbever@excite.com> wrote: > Just wanted to share my latest interior lighting modification. Very happy > with the end...
  • Re: Third brake lights (tack-free)
    Historical mailing list - Antaki
    Wed, 19 Apr 2000 16:08:10 -0700
    Gives lighting up a new meaning. And once you let the smoke out of a LED, you have a DED - dark emitting diode R...
  • Re: Camp lights alternative
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Mon, 27 Jul 2015 18:42:05 -0500
    ...Here it is - a salt/ seawater lighting system! http://www.gizmag.com/salt-sustainable-alternative-lighting-lamp-saltwater/38626/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm...
  • Re: Galley lighting addition
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:50:43 -0700
    ...Need to install real lighting! Thanks for the blog post and info. Neil. On 6/25/14, Jarrett Kupcinski <kupcinski@gmail.com> wrote: > I...
  • Re: dometic pilot goes out when thermostat turned up
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:03:48 -0700
    ...First, what year is your Westy? I ask because the process for lighting the refrigerator is different in '90 and '91 Westies and there...
  • Interesting lights (interior)
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 7 Nov 2016 06:39:10 -0800
    ...Puts out good area lighting, low cost.
  • Re: Euro Lights don't blind!
    Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
    Mon, 15 Nov 1999 20:17:14 -0700
    ...PLEASE! See http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/info/blue_bulbs/
  • Re: Interior Light -Florescent vs Incandescent
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Thu, 6 May 1999 07:49:45 -0400
    ...for general area lighting, and I. for reading and "mood" lighting (with a variable-resistor dimmer). G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett & Associates www.bulley...
  • Re: Upgrades 2
    Historical mailing list - PSavage
    Mon, 25 Jun 2001 13:20:40 -0700
    ...I am especially interest in top > > bunk lighting solutions and perhaps a central main switch like I have seen > > in conversion vans.. Brands? Pictures? > > > >
  • Re: Galley lighting addition
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Sun, 29 Jun 2014 17:41:21 -0700
    Seems a bit oxymoronic. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Jun 29, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Phil Zimmerman <philzimm1@SHAW.CA...
  • Re: Lighting
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 2 May 2001 12:43:36 EDT
    fwiw, a buddy of mine with a '87 scirocco put '86 vanagon headlights in his.. he was too cheep to buy the rear things...
  • Re: LVC adding LED interior lighting
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:48:14 -0700
    ...But LEDs for lighting applications are usually designed to operate at max brightness. So it is necessary to set the operating current/voltage to...
  • Re: Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . .
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:14:09 -0600
    Doggone you, George!!!! Just when I think I have all this lighting stuff sorted out in my mind enough to make a lighting upgrade...
  • Re: Specialty light sought
    Historical mailing list - David Milo
    Fri, 6 May 2011 05:54:00 -0400
    ...The lighting end ideally > would be a halogen type with a variable focusing beam much like the 3 or > 5 battery Mag-lite flashlight...
  • Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
    Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
    Sat, 8 Aug 2009 08:53:57 -0400
    ? Thsi makes more sense than my theory with regard to lighting on propane. Circulating coolant mixture might enable it to chill down to the...
  • Help lighting fridge
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
    Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:40:25 -0400
    Anybody in southern ontario (ideally near kitchener) that can help me try and get my fridge to light on propane. Works fine on 120V...
  • Friday van lights
    Historical mailing list - ed donnen
    Fri, 16 Dec 2016 07:36:40 -0500
    Such a lot of thread about lights, how about fixing this vans lighting problem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yULP8-AL-zs ed...
  • Re: H4 headlight aiming
    Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
    Wed, 12 Jan 2000 22:54:33 EST
    ...http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/aim/ I received my E codes last week. Can't wait to try 'em Thanks. ROB
  • Re: tricky lighting problem / Czech ground
    Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
    Fri, 3 Dec 2004 20:40:24 EST
    Hey George~~~ That Czech grounding system sounds forgein to me // BE CAREFUL iT COULD CREATE QUITE A SHOCKING EXPERIENCE Have a Nice Weekend All...
  • Re: Dometic Fridge Lighting Problems
    Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
    Thu, 2 Apr 1998 11:24:49 -0500
    ...Now the real question is, why do some refrigerators get so cranky as to require these cumbersome lighting procedures, When you find this out...
  • Re: Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . .
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:41:27 -0800
    ...Square Headlight Uprgade? Round, Square, Lighting Relays . . . Doggone you, George!!!! Just when I think I have all this lighting stuff sorted out in my...
  • Re: Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF
    Historical mailing list - Vince S
    Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:57:35 -0700
    ...Interior lighting for the vanagon LED and CCF > >I have been doing some lighting research and found out the LED > >technology only produces about...
  • lighting upgrades
    Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
    Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:17:20 -0500
    Today I finished up with my lighting improvements I've been working on over the last week. They included running new wire and relays...
  • Blue LED instrument lighting
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 4 Dec 2002 09:04:14 -0800
    Instructions on how-to here (in German): http://www.bullisurfers.de/ see "tipps (sic) & tricks" Alistair -- '82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94...
  • Re: What lights for an upgrade to the stock lamps? Here are some answers...
    Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
    Thu, 22 Dec 2005 02:01:18 -0500
    ...To use your existing lamps and improve lighting you need to do the following: 1. You need a headlamp upgrade relay kit 2. You...
  • Just some annoyances..
    Historical mailing list - Gordon Mah
    Thu, 14 Jul 2016 10:21:39 -0700
    ...1) What options are out there to add night lighting to the gear box area, either from above or below? At night it is...
  • Wagner Bright lights
    Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
    Thu, 2 Jul 1998 22:47:49 EDT
    I remember a while back in an extensive thread on improving Vanagon lighting, someone mentioned the Wagner product. Well, since this long weekend has...
  • Re: Internal 115V power
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:30:56 -0800
    ...White LED lighting "I feel your pain" comes to mind as a response. I've had the same reaction to the LED lighting I...
  • Re: Dash/rear lights kaput
    Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
    Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:16:52 -0500
    >It seems that the dash lights (going out) act as an >indicator for a problem in the rear lighting of the >vehicle. Hmmmmm.........is...
  • Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
    Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
    Sat, 5 Aug 2017 09:28:42 -0400
    ...Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit BC547 is a general purpose half watt NPN switcher/amplifier. Pinout is CBE looking at the flat side. Haven...
  • Re: Help lighting fridge
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Thu, 11 Jul 2019 18:54:48 -0700
    ...Follow refrigerator lighting directions. These things always worked for me when my refrigerator was functional. But it quit cooling, and after a long series...
  • Re: Fw: interior lighting for westys
    Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
    Mon, 24 Jan 2000 22:20:55 EST
    ...They also sell older style lights which are used for closet lighting. >> I found at Lowe's some miniture fluorescent tube lights that work...
  • Re: Re LED and lighting the fridge
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:31:13 -0700
    ...Re LED and lighting the fridge Can any one tell me what the little screw on plug is for (when to open & close) at...
  • Speaking of Solar on a Westy
    Historical mailing list - Marco
    Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:45:23 -0700
    ...http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/4081092669.html $1600 worth of solar/top case/wiring/lighting etc. Cheers, Marco
  • finding lighted power on an 83
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:52:18 -0500
    I'm wanting to add a pyrometer to my turbo installation and am looking for instrument lighting when the lights are on. Where is...
  • Re: Just some annoyances..
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Thu, 14 Jul 2016 21:41:43 -0600
    ...lighting.jpg >>>> >>>> >>> Gordon: >>> >>> Have a boo on-line for pictures of a T3 Dehler Profi camper and have a >> look a the cabin lighting...
  • Re: low-voltage lighting
    Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
    Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:36:13 -0600
    ...local home improvement store to buy >some under-counter low voltage lighting. As you probably know, they're 12v >lights. I thought it might...
  • 91 fridge not lighting
    Historical mailing list - William Manley
    Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:41:11 -0600
    ...The fridge in my 91 westy is not lighting on propane. Do I need to replace the electronic ignitor? The fridge: this is the...
  • Re: Wal-Mart and battery stuff
    Historical mailing list - george jannini
    Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:30:56 -0500
    I just changed out a 5YO Wally World battery that was still decent...was getting paranoid using cabin lighting when dry camping overnight. Was...
  • Re: Re LED and lighting the fridge
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:02:59 -0700
    ...Re LED and lighting the fridge > > WHAT LED are you looking at to see if your fridge is lit? > Do I have one on...
  • Re: Interior lighting
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
    Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:10:59 -0700
    ...Interior lighting > > I did some with 12v halogens. The quality of the light is very nice, > more efficient than the incandescent fixture, but not...
  • fridge lighting
    Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
    Thu, 10 Jul 2003 03:24:50 +0000
    ...I have down loaded lighting instructions as well as a wire diagram. It works on 120V. Now I am trying the propane. What electrical...
  • LED head lights
    Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
    Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:59:13 -0700
    has any one looked at these I really know nothing about them http://www.grote.com/family/led-sealed-beam-headlights/?prodcat=forward-lighting...
  • Re: Westy Interior Lighting
    Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
    Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:10:48 -0400
    I guess I was not clear- you do not need a dc adapter you can wire them directly. Only need to get 12V from...