Also known as a cornice.

John

On 6/29/2014 12:31 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> Phil is right, I grew up understanding that a pelmet is the panel or shelf like thing covering the top of a curtain. Hides the rails and hangers. Sometimes the pelmet can be a fabric covered frame, sometimes it is a wood panelled structure.
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> I couldn't think of a better word for the equivalent westy structures. The early westies just had the trough on the drivers side and a little plastic pelmet over the pass side rear window. The later westies have a structure on both sides with integral curtain rail.
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> Phew.
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> It does sound vaguely rude. What a pelmet!
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> Alistair
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>> On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote:
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>> What's a pelmet?
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>> Sounds vaguely scatological.
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>> Mike
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>>> On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
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>>> I've got four warm-white LED striplights gummed up in the van: one over
>>> the bench seat, one under the "spice rack," another atop the front edge
>>> of the roof cutout -- forward of the poptop latch, and another atop the
>>> forward edge of the upper deck. Each has its own controller so I can
>>> adjust lighting as desired. But it would be swell to have a remote for them.
>>>
>>> We don't sleep in the upstairs. Mrs Elliott and I are both of small
>>> stature and fit fine down below.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>
>>>> On 06/27/2014 08:19 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:
>>>> Hang a snakelight or some such thing over the lift bar. Wonder how much longer we're CG
>>>> On a be able to hop down from the upper berth when we gotta pee middle of the night?
>>>>
>>>> Karl Wolz
>>>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 27, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I want controllers with a remote control. Dim the lights after getting
>>>>> in bed.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 06/27/2014 05:18 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>>>>>> Jarrett - looks good but to be honest I prefer the long strip of LEDs in a channel  on the edge of the pelmet. You saw what I did, works well enough to remove the stock galley light.
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>>>>>> Neil - you should check out lee valleys led strips. I am impressed by the warm white and they now carry anodized channel that accepts diffusers. They also have nice connectors that do away with soldering to the strip.
>>>>>> But they don't have good controllers for our applications. I recommend the little controller from superbrite led, the controller that looks like a iPod shuffle.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> On Jun 25, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am constantly using my Dot-It fixture over the stove. Need to
>>>>>>> install real lighting!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the blog post and info.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Neil.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 6/25/14, Jarrett Kupcinski <kupcinski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I added a second galley light above the stove and boy does it make a
>>>>>>>> difference. No more popping popcorn in the dark! If you're interested in
>>>>>>>> what it looks like, I added a few brief notes and a picture to the blog. Big
>>>>>>>> thanks to listmember Harold Teer for helping me source the stock Westfalia
>>>>>>>> light.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.kpcnsk.com/?p=598
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Jarrett
>>>>>>>> 89 Bostig'd Westy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Neil n
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
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