Get an LED from one of our vendors. Much brighter and cooler running. Check the fuse near the DS B pillar (by your butt) before investing funds. 

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

> On Jul 28, 2014, at 11:25 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:
> 
> At 02:11 PM 7/28/2014, Tom Young wrote:
>> I pulled the bub over the sink of my '82 Westy because it wasn't working,
>> though the bulb itself looked fine.  It's a "GE 790" bulb and in looking it
>> up online I see that it's a 14 volt bulb, which may be the actual problem.
> 
> No, automotive lamps (bulbs) are often rated 14V.  It's a 25 watt
> halogen (and in my experience can overheat/distort the
> crystal-looking diffusing lens of the fixture as well as drawing
> close to two amps).  Suggest you replace with fluorescent fixture
> like late Vanagons or LED fixture.
> 
>> Can anybody tell me if this is the correct bulb for this application?  If it
>> isn't, what's the proper bulb to use?
> 
> It is correct.  But they're expensive, so be sure the lamp you have
> is actually burnt out.  Rated life of the original is 200 hours
> according to the web. Remember it's a halogen so if you touch it to
> your skin you have to wash it with alcohol afterwards or risk early failure.
> 
> Yours,
> David