interior lighting

wooden wheel · Post by **wooden wheel** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:36 pm

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

corblimey · Post by **corblimey** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:10 am

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

Glynanderson · Post by **Glynanderson** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:56 am

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

corblimey · Post by **corblimey** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:51 am

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