im looking for a light as you say it, so i can read,and not bother the
person laying next to me.......would like to hear more about the leds
lights....thanks......james

David Brodbeck wrote:

> 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
>