Date:         Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:36:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Doug F <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Doug F <vanagon@ASTOUND.NET>
Subject:      Re: Plug in LED dash bulbs
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Karl,
I recently installed 7 amber colored LEDs to the inside of my westy parcel
shelf lamp.
I soldered in resistors to allow them to run on 12 volts.

By also installing another set of resistors of higher resistance to the 2nd
position of the switch I was able to have "high and low" illumination from
the LEDs

All 7 draw only about 45 milliwatts .04 amps on low and about 140 milliwatts
on high or .14 amps.

Makes a nice night lamp for camping or if you have to get up for a sec and
want to not blind your night vision.

I see no reason you can not run a pot or dimmer if it was correctly
calculated to match proper resistance and ramp it up to dim the LEDs.

Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: Plug in LED dash bulbs


> I wrote to the guy and asked a few questions.  LEDs are not dimmable,
> and he says they are considerably brighter than stock lights.  This
> would be a problem driving out in the countryside where most folks like
> to have the dash lights turned down low.  He said he could make them up
> with white lights, as well.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> > Joe Federici
> > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:03 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Plug in LED dash bulbs
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone on the list is using this LED dash lights. I
> > know there has been talk of people making there own bulbs but this is
> > the first plug-and-play ones I've seen.
> >
> > If the link breaks up they are item 8036121976
> >
> > JFF
> >
> > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Vanagon-Camper-Transporter-Westy-
> > BLUE-Dash-
> > Lights_W0QQitemZ8036121976QQcategoryZ33711QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>