If you're wanting a really simple but effective light, and you have a
westy so there is a bar right over the door, you can go to home depot
or similar and get a light called A Dorcy (the manufacturer's name,
there's no model number or name that I know of). It runs on 4 D-cells
so it has a very long life. It has a built-in hook that hangs it on the
top bar, and can be turned so that the slide switch on the side adjusts
from spot to flood. It can be aimed into the fridge or cabinets, and
it's very bright. It can serve as a reading light for several people
outside. It has a built-in stand that makes it a good camping light
when not hung from a limb. The stand allows it to be positioned through
360 degrees. When it's traveling in the westy, you won't even know its
there.

Jim

On Dec 3, 2004, at 4:21 PM, jimt wrote:

> Even though there is no wiring in my 82 westy there is a rubber plug
> where
> the switch would have been.
> jimt
>
> On 12/3/04 2:59 PM, "Matthew C. Huntley"
> <matthew.huntley@STRATHBOGIE.NET>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I wonder if VW left knockouts in place where the lights would
>> normally be?
>> Is there a spot for the switch?(hope)?
>>
>>
>>> My 87 Westfalia does not have courtesy lights in the back that light
>>> up
>>> the
>>> cabin when the sliding door alone is opened at night. I would like to
>>> install one above the sliding door in place of one of the vent
>>> openings.
>>> How
>>> would I go about getting a 12v power line up there? Upon removal of
>>> the
>>> vent
>>> openings I only found the wiring for the rear speakers. Will I have
>>> to go
>>> through the trouble of snaking a line through the pillars from the
>>> front?
>>> Once I have power line there then I will also install a contact
>>> switch on
>>> the sliding door pillar.
>>>
>>> Jean-Woo
>>>
>>
>>
>