| Subject: | Re: Galley lighting addition |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:54:37 -0700 |
I beg to differ, cornice is decorative moulding around the room just below ceiling. Picky picky eh? :) Alistair > On Jun 29, 2014, at 11:46 AM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 andust hangers. Sometimes the pelmet can be a fabric covered frame, sometimes it is a wood panelled structure. >> >> 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. >> >> Phew. >> >> It does sound vaguely rude. What a pelmet! >> >> Alistair >> >> >> >> >>> On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Mike Miller <mwmiller6@att.net> wrote: >>> >>> What's a pelmet? >>> >>> >>> Sounds vaguely scatological. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 29, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>>> >>>> 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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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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