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Subject:Re: LED bulb source to replace original halogen kitchen light?
From:David Beierl
Date:Sat, 7 May 2016 01:19:03 -0400

At 03:29 PM 5/6/2016, Robert Keezer wrote:
>� Is there a popular LED bulb source for the 
>early style Westfalia kitchen light?The type 
>that has a rectangular diamond-pattern lense 
>originally fitted with a halogen bulb?Thanks-
>Robert1982 Westfalia

If you take it to Home Depot or a lighting store 
there should be a number of LED lamps from 
Philips and others using the same two-pin base 
and rated for 12 VAC.  They say not to use them 
on 12 VDC but the ones I have tried from Philips 
have operated ok at constant brightness on a 
range of DC voltages, with the current going down 
as the voltage goes up.  I don't know how they'd 
handle the automotive version of twelve volts but 
could be worth a try.  However I doubt you'll 
find one that gives anything like the same omnidirectional lighting.

Yrs,
d