Its true, we all adjust the controls by  feel. But I think it sort of looks better, more right, to have the controls illuminated. 

Now that it is dark for close to 16 hrs a day here, I need all the cheery lights I can get :)

ab

On 2011-11-24, at 8:31 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

>  Amazing!  Who'd a thunk that a VW van would ever even have a heater, let
> alone levers and lights to control said heater.  My first one had a knob on
> the floor that did nothing....I used a smashed beer can in the flap under
> the  back....that turned on the heater all those many years....if the temp
> was above about 35f...otherwise?  nothin.
> 
>  Thanks for showing that, AB.   I've always just done mine (vanagon heat
> controls) 'by feel'......I can feel when the rear vent slide is to the
> left, it is drafty on my neck....  I go out with the others slapped all to
> the right, then once I get moving, slip the third one down all the way
> left...and turn off the blower.  Then I end up with the middle two in the
> middle and the others all the way left...most of the time....
>   Gee, actually seeing the colors and the tapered graphics, back lit.....I
> might get a little more fancy with my adjustments....
>   Don Hanson
> 
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 5  :54 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> for those who were unaware they were there
>> 
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/vanagon-heater-control-lights/
>> 
>> alistair
>>