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Subject:Re: Rear lighting
From:Steven Shelton
Date:Fri, 4 Nov 2016 18:42:03 -0400

I took out the rear fresh air vent above the sliding door and installed
three Hella switches for my lighting.  There's a picture at the bottom of
this Samba page: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6954876.
The LED strip light I used mounted nicely in the steel channel about the
rear seat.

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 12:16 PM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>
wrote:

> Hi All;
> Camping mostly over here in New England so other things come up.  I'm
> planning on putting up some lights over the rear seat in the Westy (87) and
> perhaps the column sconce from my ol' 59 Camper (about all that's left) on
> the passenger column.  Last time I did this it was to an 85 Westy with no
> A/C.  Getting to the wiring for the light above the sink was no problem.
> Current bus has A/C and it's not so easy.  Do I have to drop the
> condiment/etc. tray to get to the light to get to power for rear overhead
> lighting?  Is there a better way (up from under the rear seat)?  What about
> switched lighting with a dash or just behind the drivers seat switch?  Any
> thoughts?
>
> Thanks;
> Dave B.
>

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