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interior lighting
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:36 pm
by wooden wheel
Hi All,
I'm thinking of fitting some additional interior lighting. Has anyone done this? Any ideas (what fittings to use,where to route wiring etc,etc)would be greatly appreciated!
Steve
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:10 am
by corblimey
You could try some cold cathod tubes. I've not used them myself but they seem to be quite popular with a few over at
sbmcc.org.uk.
Apparently a 12" tube is about as bright as an 8 w fluorescent tube. The one I was reading about came with an inverter that drove 2 tubes and consumed just under 0.5A. So your looking at 3w per tube (ball park).
Oh, and they're only about £3
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:56 am
by Glynanderson
Hi,
I'm going to add more interior lighting too.
I got two pairs of these 'eyeball' lights for Christmas (Ebay Item number: 160057703391)
The idea being to wire them up so that each one can be switched individually as well as all 4 from the drivers seat..
I'll let you know how it goes once I 'get round to it'
I would be interested if anyone has ideas how to delay the lights going off.
Glyn
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:51 am
by corblimey
Glyn
You've several options for dimming:
1) If you enjoy wielding a soldering iron then there are loads of circuit diagrams available via google.
2) Go to your local scrappy and pick up a second hand part there
3) Ebay
To find the circuit diagrams google for "interior light delay"
To find Ebay items search ebay for; wait for it.... "interior light delay"
Personally I'd go with ebay. No messing about and they aren't very expensive.
HTH