Date:         Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:22:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Kane <dkane@MAIL.ARC.NASA.GOV>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Don Kane <dkane@MAIL.ARC.NASA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Interior Lighting
Comments: To: Joe Denison <mjd@NTR.NET>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 06:37 PM 3/23/98 -0800, Joe Denison wrote:
>Dear Readers,
>
>I know this may be a foolish thing to post on here, but I'm trying to
>find out how to illuminate my '81 Vanagon L's interior. I'd like to have
>something rigged to the door switches on the driver and passenger doors
>for the cabin area and something triggered by the sliding door for the
>rear compartment. I know pretty much how to do the wiring, but does
>anyone have any ideas as to light fixtures.that can be run off 12v ?
>
>TIA,
>Joe Denison
>'81 Vanagon L
>

Joe,
        Marine stores have 12v lighting fixtures. I got an overhead light for my
Westy from West Marine that works well. A great place to look, though, is
Jade Mountain. They provide a lot of alternative lifestyle products,
including a lot of 12v dc lighting. They have a great catalog. they have a
web page,  http://www.jademountain.com/  Go to the lighting section, and
then DC lighting. They have a cool little light called a cabin light (down
at the bottom of the DC section) that I want to get for a couple spots in
my van for reading. It provides a red light bright enough to read by, but
only uses 30 mA. They also have 12v fluorescents.

Don Kane