In the mood...

Regular readers will know I've added quite a bit of lighting throughout the van. It's all LED and SMD (Surface Mount Device) Lighting sourced from either Ikea or eBay.

Having seen a few forum members fitting footwell 'mood' lighting, I decided to give it a go. The idea in principle behind discreet footwell lighting is that on a long night journey there is less fatigue by having a second point of vision other than on the road - but it has to be a fine balance so as not to distract from the job in hand - driving!

They look a lot brighter (and a bit too purple) in the photos. In reality they are quite a subtle blue hue.  Just two 300mm strips are creating the light in the pics. I've used a permanent live from the leisure battery so they can be left on whilst camping or hooked-up.

Others have wired their lights in directly to the headlight switch so that they come on with the sidelights and headlights. I personally wanted the option to switch them off at any point so have used a small toggle switch mounted in one of the blanks on the dash.

I'll report back soon on whether they are distracting or do, as suggested, help with night driving.