Russell, William wrote:
> I, for one, hate fluorescent lighting and cannot bring myself to install
> it in my Vanagon despite any energy savings.  Has anyone looked into a
> LED solution?  Something LED based should be full-spectrum, energy
> saving, and non-"strobe" based.  Seems like there would be a great LED
> solution out there somewhere.

I don't know of anything pre-made.  I've got some white LEDs I'm tempted
to use if I can figure out a good way to mount them.  They have an
interesting light color, very white with a purplish tinge around the
edges.  Almost like a xenon arc headlight.  They're quite directional, I
think the beam angle is about 30 degrees, so no reflector is necessary.
  The brightness is impressive, similar to what you'd expect from a
penlight bulb.  One or two of them, aimed properly, would make an
excellent reading light.

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si