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Sunday, 25 March 2012

Step on!

With the unusual run of good weather staying with us for two consecutive weekends, it's now on to a few of those finishing-off jobs that I should've got 'round to long before now. One of these jobs was wiring up a step light.

In true 'before and after' style; here's the before shot:
With just the downward light from the ceiling it is quite easy (after a few beers!) to trip-up into the van.

So, hey-presto, let there be light!

Wired in to the 12v DC socket that sits just inside the door and using a hidden switch just behind the rear seat kick-board, we now have super-bright LED light. The lights themselves are from IKEA; a great source of cheap LED lighting. This set is called DIODER and comes as four interconnecting strips and a 240v to 12v transformer. By simply leaving the transformer out of the loop we have easy-to-wire-up 12v LED lighting. A small rocker switch from Maplin completes the circuit.

I'll be fitting a few more sets in due course; one under the rear storage area and maybe a set to 'downlight' under the rear seat/bed for some optional moody lighting.
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  1. Europe By Camper27 March 2012 at 19:56

    Hi Richard,

    If you fancy some even cheaper LED lighting check out eBay and search 5050 LED strip:
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120870155082 - this is what we used throughout our van.

    We've also got some of these in our van, 1m of colour changing lights with a remote control for operation. Just a bit of fun!
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270913885268

    Van's looking great!

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    1. richard28 March 2012 at 07:43

      Thanks Adam. If I had my way the van would be lit up like a Christmas tree, but we're trying to subscribe to the less-is-more principle!!!

      Will check out those links as there's a few more areas of the van that could do with lighting up - but maybe not colour-changing purple and green :))

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