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Subject:Re: Additional LED interior lighting for the westy?
From:Luke Sponholz
Date:Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:31:05 -0500

It looks like the lights in the provided link are for AC - how did you
put these into the DC wiring in the bus?

On 2/16/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
> Something cool you can do with them if you have a westy (or maybe any
> Vanagon, I haven't tried this in my Carat). I put two in the back over
> the bunk shining straight down. These are ideal for reading when
> camping, expecially if you tend to read with your head near the back
> bunk. When you open the back hatch at night, the whole rear can be
> illuminated by touching those two lenses--light everywhere. Now pop the
> engine hatch and voila... enough light to do just about anything on top
> of the engine. No hands, no props.
>
> I also put one on the inside pantry door so that it shines into both
> the upper and lower shelves. The light spreads enough to see
> everywhere, and the light scans the interior of the pantry as the door
> angle is changed.
>
> I'm thinking about a few more for upstairs and downstairs.
>
> I've never seen such a useful light. You can also unstick them and move
> them.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Thomas Myers wrote:
>
> > A couple of folks have talked about those new sylvania DOT lights for
> > the
> > westy a while back [ I bought a couple of them myself to try out ]
> >
> > This looks like a good solution if you are looking to hook up more
> > than one
> > or two to brighten up the inside of the camper without using too much
> > battery power.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom
> > 90 Westy
> > Rochester, NY
> > http://motmyers.blogspot.com
> >
> >
> > ------ Forwarded Message
> >
> >
> > hey, check this out. These are sort of wired versions of the Dot-it's
> > this site has tons of other neato lights too.
> >
> > http://www.wiedamark.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2119
> >
> >
> >
> > ------ End of Forwarded Message
> >
>

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