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Date:         Fri, 13 Nov 1998 19:19:53 -0500
Reply-To:     David Bogle / Architecture <bogle@BWAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Bogle / Architecture <bogle@BWAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Dash lights
Comments: To: Blue Eyes <lvlearn@MCI2000.COM>
Comments: cc: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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<HTML> Blue Eyes wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>.... <BR>I'm not wild about going with red for information displays.&nbsp; As I recall, <BR>visual acuity is poor there, and even worse at the other end of the spectrum's <BR>indigo and violet.&nbsp; In the rainbow of colors, Roy G. Biv, I think that orange, <BR>yellow and green&nbsp; were the best for instrumentation.&nbsp; The Air Force spend a <BR>lot of your money finding out about this years ago, but I don't recall much of <BR>the results.&nbsp; Anyone have a line on that?....</BLOCKQUOTE> BMWs and, I beleive, airplanes have red instrument illumination.&nbsp; My paramilitary catalogs sell red filters for flashlights and such.&nbsp; Red light does not cause as much "after image" when you look away from it back into the dark night.&nbsp; Your eyes don't have to adjust between dark and light as much.&nbsp; <BR>I was planning on using some gelatin filters, <I>a la</I> stage lighting, to change my dash lighting to red (for my nighttime missons.)&nbsp; When I get some I'll offer up the leftovers.

<P>But, now I'm chasing brake/clutch fluid leaks <B>under</B> the dash.

<P>Regards, <BR>-- <BR>David Bogle

<P>'72 Campmobile 2.0L (Still For Sale) <BR>'87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia <BR>&nbsp;</HTML>


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