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Date:         Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:29:50 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Trip Report. Pics.
Comments: To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <AANLkTim4-7JtkJ+xtGve7ZWG9Od43XN9QEZ-hXcY6e2Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Pretty neat, Miguel..

My preference, however, in any 'system' is for Manual, whenever possible... I went searching to find my vanagon, one without any power anything, almost, and I much prefer having it that way. I am really not fond of wasting my time trouble-shooting or repairing devices that probably would not be problematic if not for their so called "convenience-factor" of having them power-assisted and/or remote switched.. The only thing that can normally cause one of those Unity police-type spotlights to not work is a blown bulb or fuse. No relays, no servos, no extra wires and they've been proven, in everyday use since the 1950s.. Yeah, you gotta twist your wrist to move the beam around and it has to be installed where you can reach it...but I have no problems with that. I don't mind winding up or down on my windows, pushing down the door lock buttons, selecting my own gears as I drive, etc.

If I drove a Sprinter or a Prevost where I couldn't even reach the ceiling to turn a manual spotlight, or if you could hook the controls up like a Formula One steering wheel for the remote spotlight...Now that would be really cool! Both hand on the wheel with a couple of paddle controls to put a million candle power beam anywhere you wanted it without taking your hands off the wheel...

Don Hanson

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:51 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote:

> Which makes my mind race at the thought of remote controlled options : > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNCq0A27Vq8 > > and/or : > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Q_7wRD4-0&feature=related > Miguel > > He who possesses art and science has religion; he who does not possess > them, needs religion. > Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > > > > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:09 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > > Its good to have a partner when backing up in the rainy dark - keeps me > from > > > >> doing a Neil! ;) > >> > >> Seeya, Jake > >> > >> That is where my roof mounted Unity spotlight comes in > handy...backing > > up in the dark of night you can turn it right around straight behind and > > light up the whole road...or if you have a 'long' ways to go, backwards, > and > > up a winding road, you can drive and use the light to follow the twists > as > > you back up. Or just use the light only to see where the road > leads...that > > police type spotlight shines well for about half a mile... > > > > Also very useful for scoping out possible very stealthy spots on small > > forest tracks without actually turning the whole van into an 'iffy' > > situation or chancing getting run down as you slow and try to angle your > > headlights for a gander... > > > > Don Hanson > > >


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