Date:         Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:44:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: best mod for vanagon?
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Any particular sort of light?  Does it run on its own batteries or the
van's?

I was looking at a $10 tent light at Target that attaches with magnets - two
strong magnets that you put inside and outside your tent.  It looked like it
might be useful in my van.  Right now I have a proper lamp clamped onto a
bit of hardware inside.  But my van has mostly been parked in driveways and
connected to the rest of the world with a power cord - though I got a
compact fluorescent bulb so that once I get a second battery rigged up the
light won't eat too much power.

Anyway, I was wondering what sort of light you attached.


Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
and Henrietta, sad-eyed orangutan who waltzes with Matilda and me
and Bicycle and Kayak, who ride on Matilda
and my 2002 green Prius, waiting for our return from the vanadventures
For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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Subject: Re: best mod for vanagon?


My favorite mod: a light directly over the sliding door of my Westy, put
in by the previous owner. I'd have never thought to do it myself, but
now I couldn't live without it. It's great being able to open the
sliding door at night and immediately flick on a light without having to
reach across the van. It's a very useful mod that's also easy and cheap
- the best kind.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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