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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 VW Type 2 / 84 Westy: A poor but proud race.
KG6RCR

Doug in Calif wrote:

>  Has anybody been playing around with CCF cold cathode flourescent
>  technology for the vanagons?
>
>  I have been doing some lighting research and found out the LED
>  technology only produces about 23 lumens per watt. Where the CCF
>  produces in the 80 lumens per watt range.
>
>  I am very reluctant to run two batteries in my westy conversion. I
>  have done it in the past in my other vanagons and feel it was
>  overkill for my use. I am now considering running a deep cycle marine
>  battery which I can buy locally in the main battery compartment and
>  just be careful to not run it down
>
>  Also I have seen some really efficient fridge's have come onto the
>  market that will literally run off your battery and freeze your beer
>  if your not careful. I am not all that impressed with the westy
>  fridge and have not yet cut the vent hole in the side of my
>  conversion as I may consider going with newer technology.
>
>  Here's a link to the CCF lighting.
>
>  http://www.cetsolar.com/ccf.htm
>
>  Here's a link to the new technology refers
>
>  http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/horizontal-item.jhtml?
>
>
>  Doug
>