

| 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 > > > -- 1985 Brown Vanagon GL 4spd "Compost"
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