Anybody know if these are any good?   12 volt, super bright.  look a little
cheap.  Anyone seen better ones.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OptyX-Round-Chrome-White-24-LED-Blaster-Dome-Light_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6755QQitemZ4607744909QQtcZphoto

>From: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
>Reply-To: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Additional LED interior lighting for the westy?
>Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:33:12 -0500
>
>The LED lights themselves run off of DC current, so there must be a
>transformer involved.  If we are lucky it will output 12V DC to the little
>pucks.  Not LED, but I did this:  http://snipurl.com/3w1y
>
>Edward
>
>At 08:24 PM 2/16/2006, you wrote:
>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>1985 Brown Vanagon GL 4spd "Compost"