Forgot, the the other name is a valance. Now you understand, right?

Alistair

> On Jun 29, 2014, at 11:50 AM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> you are all talking in strange tongues :-)
> 
> Karl
> 1981 Westy "Jenny"
> 2000 VW Jetta GLS VR6
> Wilmington, DE
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 2:46 PM, 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 and
>>> 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
>>>