Over the holidays I got to see the LED dash light replacements in my
brother's 82 Westy. Amazing! New-car look. Someone should start a
catalog of LED resources for the vanagons, interior and exterior.

Jim

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Moderator, Could you please post this as it may be of interest to some list members.
> �----- Original Message -----
> �From: Paul Gordon
> �To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> �Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:04 PM
> �Subject: LED Refit
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> �I �have just completed a LED refit on the light over the Water tank/ Storage area. The incandescent lamps (3) seem to draw an obscene amount of power from the auxiliary battery. After shopping around I found a molded strip of 12 LED's that fits perfectly into this fixture. removed the existing lamp holders by drilling out the rivets. The new strip has an adhesive backing that appears to be permanent. Rewiring was really simple. Light output is about the same as the old incandescents but have a very slight bluish tinge. No problem reading in this light. Just not as warm a light as the old. I regret not throwing �ammeter on the circuit to see what it did draw but I would estimate the new lights draw less than 1/20 the amount of �power the incandescents did. FWIW. Thoughts or comments welcome.
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