Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:33:12 -0500
Reply-To: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject: Re: Additional LED interior lighting for the westy?
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The LED lights themselves run off of DC current, so there must be a
transformer involved. If we are lucky it will output 12V DC to the little
pucks. Not LED, but I did this: http://snipurl.com/3w1y
Edward
At 08:24 PM 2/16/2006, you wrote:
>Sorry, I didn't follow the link. I was remarking about the Sylvania Dot
>lights someone mentioned.
>
>Jim
>On Feb 16, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Luke Sponholz wrote:
>
>>It looks like the lights in the provided link are for AC - how did you
>>put these into the DC wiring in the bus?
>>
>>On 2/16/06, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote:
>>>Something cool you can do with them if you have a westy (or maybe any
>>>Vanagon, I haven't tried this in my Carat). I put two in the back over
>>>the bunk shining straight down. These are ideal for reading when
>>>camping, expecially if you tend to read with your head near the back
>>>bunk. When you open the back hatch at night, the whole rear can be
>>>illuminated by touching those two lenses--light everywhere. Now pop
>>>the
>>>engine hatch and voila... enough light to do just about anything on
>>>top
>>>of the engine. No hands, no props.
>>>
>>>I also put one on the inside pantry door so that it shines into both
>>>the upper and lower shelves. The light spreads enough to see
>>>everywhere, and the light scans the interior of the pantry as the door
>>>angle is changed.
>>>
>>>I'm thinking about a few more for upstairs and downstairs.
>>>
>>>I've never seen such a useful light. You can also unstick them and
>>>move
>>>them.
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>On Feb 16, 2006, at 1:56 PM, Thomas Myers wrote:
>>>
>>>>A couple of folks have talked about those new sylvania DOT lights for
>>>>the
>>>>westy a while back [ I bought a couple of them myself to try out ]
>>>>
>>>>This looks like a good solution if you are looking to hook up more
>>>>than one
>>>>or two to brighten up the inside of the camper without using too much
>>>>battery power.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>>>90 Westy
>>>>Rochester, NY
>>>>http://motmyers.blogspot.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>------ Forwarded Message
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>hey, check this out. These are sort of wired versions of the Dot-it's
>>>>this site has tons of other neato lights too.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.wiedamark.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2119
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>------ End of Forwarded Message
>>
>>
>>--
>>1985 Brown Vanagon GL 4spd "Compost"
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