David & William,

I ended up using LEDs on the inside of the Roadhaus.

Objectives were:

Long Life - approx 100,000 hrs
Vibration Resistant
Low, Low power consumption

Details with source info:

http://www.roadhaus.com/electrical.html

"people don't take trips, trips take people",

John Steinbeck ... Travels with Charley

Larry Chase
Email: RoadGuy@RoadHaus.com
Web: www.RoadHaus.com
What: North American Road Trip
How: RoadHaus - 1990 VW Westfalia Syncro
Today: Denver, CO

Date:    Fri, 2 May 2003 18:39:55 -0400
From:    David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject: Re: Interior Lights

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?

>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.