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Subject:Re: BRIGHT backup light for camping
From:Jason
Date:Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:13:40 -0400

I replaced my standard bulbs with some projector LED bulbs.  They light up
the entire campground nicely!

Jason
On Aug 5, 2015 8:27 AM, "Dake Collins" <wuwe423@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
>