I was on a photo shoot with a photographer a month or so ago. We were in Alabama's Talledega National Forest in my westy for three days. The first thing that happened is that one of those puck lights rolled out of the rear hatch unnoticed and got stepped on by a camping boot. It wouldn't turn off. It was on for all three days! It was still on for the fourth day when I got back. I took it apart and used the handle of a knife to smooth out the dents in the aluminum housing and the switch functioned again. The sticky stuff on the back had enough dirt and grit on it that it wouldn't hang anymore, so I epoxied a magnet to it and now it's my westy's sliding door interior light. I figured that anything that tenacious was worth saving. The ones with stickum make great westy cabinet lights, BTW. Jim On Dec 22, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Paul Guzyk wrote: > Earlier this week I bought a package of 3 LED "puck lights" at Costco > for $15 US with batteries. These ones are a little bigger, about > 3.5" in diameter and grey in color. They use 3 AAA batteries each. > > The Costco ones come with stick on Velcro and screw mounts, have two > brightness settings, and are pivotable so you can aim them better > than the "DotIt" style. I agree with Nathaniel, a few of these units > and you have plenty of light for camping--and with LED's, the > batteries last a long time. > |
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