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Subject:Re: Additional LED interior lighting for the westy?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:24:12 -0600

Sorry, I didn't follow the link. I was remarking about the Sylvania Dot
lights someone mentioned.

Jim
On Feb 16, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Luke Sponholz wrote:

> 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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