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Subject:Re: BRIGHT backup light for camping
From:Dake Collins
Date:Wed, 5 Aug 2015 07:27:30 -0400

Jim - Thanks for the tip; I just ordered one.
Dake
Wu-Wei II, ’86 Westy
> On Aug 4, 2015, at 8:05 PM, Jim Felder <Jim.Felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Recently, I opened the rear closet door in my westy only to have my beloved
> wide Hella Airport with H2 bulb and a magnetic bumper mount fall to the
> ground and crack the lens. I replaced it with this
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/CREE-Super-Bright-Car-Offroad-ATV-Truck-SUV-LED-Driving-Fog-Work-Head-Light-Lamp-/111483602678
> ?
> 
> and I could not be happier. I mounted it permanently under the rear bumper
> where it is relayed in to a switch below the dash. I learned the value of a
> rear mounted backup light wen an unseen tree nearly took off the drivers
> door as I was backing into a remote campsite. Thing was cheap enough,
> bright enough, small enough and housed in a finned cast aluminum housing
> that I had to have it.
> 
> It does a great job, it will be the last one I buy for sure.
> 
> Jim