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• Re: interior led lighting update
  Historical mailing list - Varotto Hugo
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:27:05 -0700
  ...Well so far at least, no long term, Consumer Reports type rating yet :) > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/vanagon-interior-led-lighting...
• What do the LEDs mean?
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS IN GEORGIA
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:57:07 -0800
  HI, What do the LEDs in the back mean? I have 4 on the left(top to bottom, green yellow red red) and 3...
• 12V LED mood lighting?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:14:49 -0500
  Has anyone put any LED mood lighting in their T3? -- Sent from my mobile device Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
• Re: RE : sink pump mystery - 1981 westy
  Historical mailing list - Steve Selin
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:35:56 -0400
  ...But the LED > relay on the tank must be sending the wrong info to the LED. I guess I > could override the safety. Is...
• Re: LED bulb source to replace original halogen kitchen light?
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Fri, 13 May 2016 17:37:00 -0400
  ...LED bulb source to replace original halogen kitchen light? =C2=A0Is there a popular LED bulb source for the early style Westfalia kitch= en...
• Re: High beam LED blue light
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:19:21 -0500
  ...as a blue LED [or they had > just come out and very extremely pricey] My '82 Vanagon has a green LED in this position...
• Re: Bright LED Cheap source & usage
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:40:13 -0800
  I was able to purchase individual 20 ma LEDs from a local electronics shop for about .60 each. They had various colors, I ended...
• El-cheapo-voltage_metero-project
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:38:51 -0500
  ...In theory we could even add a forth LED to indicate overcharge and that would limit the last LED to 15V or higher. And...
• Re: Source for water tank level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 14 May 1999 12:35:38 -0700
  As far as I know, the circuits for the water tank levels are much the same, but there are at least 3 different LED...
• Re: What Ohm value should a dash LED measure?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:37:02 -0500
  ...An LED is a non-linear device. In other words its apparent resistance will depend on what voltage the tester applies to it. Since...
• Fridge burner LED
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 10 Jun 2000 04:33:02 -0400
  Is it par for the course for the fridge LED (lower red under the red for water) to be real dim when the stove...
• light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - JOHN WESTENBERG
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:42:56 -0700
  What does the list think of light emitting diodes (LEDs)? I want to replace some of the interior incandescent bulbs with LED bulbs but...
• Re: light emitting diodes
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:56:51 -0800
  ...2003 issue of Automotive Engineering concerning the Ford GT's LED taillights . . . "Ford designers did not like the look of LEDs placed in the...
• basic electronics/deer poaching
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:01:59 CST6CDT
  ...i think 50 would do nearly as well. > 2) Is the LED gettting excess current that could cause it to fail > prematurely, and - do...
• Re: Those h4 led bulbs again
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:14:09 -0800
  ...Here's the first post https://shufti.blog/2017/01/17/vanagon-h4-led-light-bulb-experiment/ Cheap banggood sourced stuff. But drop a...
• Re: Led back up lights inside bumper
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 25 Mar 2015 20:13:37 -0400
  The LED backup lights appear to be improvement enough to obviate the need for additional ones. However, if you're backing into a dark...
• Re: High Beam LED? again
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:47:45 EDT
  ...it's an LED. It's not too difficult a job, just pay close attention to the stuff you disassemble, and don't kink...
• heater control light - LED hack
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:48:11 -0800
  ...http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/vanagon-heater-control-light-led-hack/ alistair
• coolant LED flashing constantly
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 23:38:34 EDT
  coolant LED flashes constantly from the time i turn the key. van runs cool, needle works fine, stays below halfway. ideas? yea..."check the...
• URL for info on LEDs
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:12:57 -0700
  For those interested in making LED tailights/turnsignals have a look at this guy's web page. http://www.misty.com/~don/index.html...
• Re: another led question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 08:59:52 -0800
  > Should the water temperature LED come on during start up? Yes, it should blink at with key turned on and go off when engine...
• Re: LED Tail Lights
  Historical mailing list - Dean Staltare
  Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:14:05 -0500
  http://dx.com/s/led.html?category=712 ^here's another place to buy these things..hope that helps; just make sure to measure...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 19 Jun 2017 23:39:55 +0000
  Hi Alistair, Thanks for your very detailed study of the LED beam pattern and actual power consumption on your blog. I take it that...
• Re: Source for 12V LED interior lights?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:06:15 -0700
  Tobin, I agree LED is the way to go. The best flashlight I have found at www.cyberguys.com it takes two AA batteries...
• Re: Internal 115V power
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:00:29 -0800
  I planned to set up LED before. After playing with a few Luxeon 3 watt LEDs I found they simply do not have the...
• Re: LED Refit
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:31:30 -0600
  Over the holidays I got to see the LED dash light replacements in my brother's 82 Westy. Amazing! New-car look. Someone should...
• LED dash lights; bright oil idiot light
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Fri, 20 May 2005 12:06:51 -0400
  ...For the sockets above the speedo and tach: (x2) 5mm wide-angle red LED, #276-309. Reshape the insides of the VW white plastic...
• Fwd: LEDs above reefer (The Part # from Darrell)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 12:53:12 -0400
  ...Here are the part numbers he offers for refrigerator water level LEDs. >From: "Darrell Boehler" <midwesty@taos.midwest.net> >To: "Derek Drew" <drew@interport...
• Vanagon Electrical Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:34:11 -0600
  ...but LED Blinks,, Make darn sure that Connection to T’1 Snsr is as good as can be (quite by accident) & LED Stops Blinking...
• Re: Shed one more bit of light on the fridge light, please
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:25:13 -0400
  Jim, Are you using the OEM fridge LED or have you replaced it with a blue one like Radio Shack 276-311 or Radio...
• Instead of LED do fluorescent
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:55:40 -0700
  For interior lighting instead of LED lighting buy a self-contained 12V battery powered light readily available at Home Depot and wire it directly...
• Re: tail lights
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:55:18 -0500
  At 07:27 PM 12/19/2010, John Reynolds wrote: >I was excited about the LED bulbs till I read this in the >SuperBrightLEDS...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:05:50 -0800
  ...And did they? >> >> See here on my blog >> >> https://shufti.blog/2017/01/16/vanagon-h4-led-light-bulb-experiment/ >> >> Wasn't a complete...
• Re: Turn signal indicator troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:14:24 -0800
  That may be, but it worked until just recently and that LED was never touched; only the high-beam LED was replaced in July...
• Led back up lights inside bumper
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:02:38 -0700
  Still working on my bumper, installed led lights https://shufti.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/vanagon-the-ongoing-rear-bumper-build-back-up-lights...
• Re: Using the "extra" LEDs in the instrument cluster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:35:09 -0400
  At 04:06 PM 3/13/2012, Dave Mcneely wrote: >Can someone tell me more about these LEDs. I am not familiar with >any...
• Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 May 2011 22:52:13 -0400
  ...Not in a thousand years could the thermocouple light an LED. But it's hooked to the input of an amplifier in the LED...
• Re: (water-cooled) blinking light ... some tech bulletins
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Jul 94 22:16:05 CDT
  ...At highway speed, it goes back to the LED's edge. my 88 puts the needle just a tad up over center on the...
• Re: Westy 3-Way Fridge Questions/LEDs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 06:16:41 -0700
  At 10:13 AM 11/29/94 CST, Dann-o wrote: >on the subject of leds.... my friends 80 vanagon has a green led...
• Flashing dash LED
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 10:25:07 +1200
  I've never been able to work out what the flashing red LED in my 84 Caravelle's instrument cluster is for. It starts...
• Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:07:03 -0700
  ...And did they? >> >> See here on my blog >> >> https://shufti.blog/2017/01/16/vanagon-h4-led-light-bulb-experiment/ >> >> Wasn't a complete...
• Re: LEDs
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Nov 94 14:05:41 EST
  ...which looks like an LED but really isn't. it's some sort of little bulb > that is packaged just like an LED, but...
• Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Ron Pascal
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 11:44:03 -0800
  ...Starting my 88' Westy (water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not stop flashing. This was with the engine still cold...
• Fridge led glowing on its own again.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 09:36:57 -0700
  ...I mentioned a couple of weeks again that my blue led on indicator panel was starting to glow when fridge not running. This started...
• Video: TVS Test Light Driving. Discovered Whistle Sound? What is it?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:38:33 -0700
  ...Using what I had on hand (measured to ensure this LED drew low milliamps, though this was @ 12V)..... 12V LED, + lead to TVS + , LED...
• Re: LED Headlight bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 07:01:05 -0500
  ...The > halogen bulb filaments are placed precisely to provide the defined beam > pattern and the high low change. > > I haven't seen a led...
• Re: Water and Battery LEDs dead - fix
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Mon, 28 May 2007 14:46:54 -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...
• Re: LED Refit
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:58:43 -0500
  ...The light is brighter than either the stock > lights or the LED bulbs I tried and I didn't need to drill any new...
• Re: Interior Lights
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 2 May 2003 17:35:15 -0700
  ...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: Question about turn signal indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:25:18 -0500
  ...Now EVERYTHING works EXCEPT the turn signal indicator >>> LED. >>> >>> Is that LED a common problem? Should I be looking for the wiring >>> somewhere else...
• Re: 12V LED mood lighting?
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:14:49 +0000
  For a period of time, I had 2 strips of the 120VAC Wal-Mart led lights mounting along the perimeter of the ceiling. They...
• Re: H2O temp gauge survey
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:06:27 -0500
  ...previously, > >the water temp gauge was always smack dab in the middle of the red >warning LED. now it is running completely off but...
• Re: LED taillights??
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 09:32:46 -0500
  I fashioned the letters "VW" out of LEDS for the tail lights. A friend said he could read it clearly from the seventh floor...
• Re: LED Lights(for dash)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:20:58 -0700
  ...I've taken several instrument clusters apart lately and have plenty of those little LED's laying about. Cheers, Jeff www.vanagonparts.com -----Original...
• Camper light LED bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Sun, 5 Feb 2017 08:03:12 +0000
  Hey all I'm having a hard time finding amber/warm-white LED replacements for the 3 incandescent bulbs in the camper light fixture...
• Coolant LED flash 87 Vanagon GL Synchro
  Historical mailing list - Evelyn Mitchell
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:36:20 -0700
  During highway driving, the LED in the coolant temperature indicator periodically flashes (1-5 times). The guage reads in the middle of the range...
• Led headlamps as auxiliary lights
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:10:10 -0800
  ...https://shufti.blog/2020/02/18/vanagon-led-headlight-as-auxiliary-lights/ Alistair
• Re: third brake light delight
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:52:28 -0600
  > Does anyone know a source for amber LED lights? Have you tried Radio Shack? I know they sell LEDs. They might have amber ones...
• Re: Alternator warning light
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:33:01 -0700
  ...Alternator warning light Earl, When an LED comes out of the LED stamping machine, the longer leg is the anode and the short is...
• Re: Backup light puzzle anyone?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:43:51 -0400
  ...With an LED, once you reach the necessary voltage of roughly two volts per series LED, the LED will light up visibly even if...