Puerto Sherry
16/08/07 04:31 Filed in: Spain - Andalucia
After coffee and toast at the cafe the Brompton was deployed for a trip into town.
It was very hot and quite a long ride to the El Paseo centro commercial on the edge of El Puerto de Santa Maria. Across the road from the centro is a branch of PC City (PC world in the UK) behind which is an industrial estate where Talleres PaEs, who are building my "A" frame, are located.
Since buying a selection of Bebi LED lights in April I have wanted to convert the cabin dome lights. This required a large diameter drill bit. On the off chance I asked Juan if he had one. Off course he did and it only took a couple of minutes to drill the required hole. Excellent.
On the way back I called into Carrefour at El Paseo to pick up a few items including some more of their t-shirts at €2 each. A welcome break from the afternoon heat as well.
Back on board I converted the first dome light to LED.
Original installation with halogen bulb.
Base plate with hole cut slightly off centre enabling insertion of LED light cluster. The hole is off centre leaving the original installation intact should retro fitting be required.
Larger hole cut in cabin headlining to accommodate the LED cluster.
LED cluster glued into base plate.
Conversion complete. Dome light reinstalled.
The frosted dome cuts down the light emitted (compared with using the same cluster in the bunk lights where light emitted increased) but the end result is slightly less light for a lot less power.
It was very hot and quite a long ride to the El Paseo centro commercial on the edge of El Puerto de Santa Maria. Across the road from the centro is a branch of PC City (PC world in the UK) behind which is an industrial estate where Talleres PaEs, who are building my "A" frame, are located.
Since buying a selection of Bebi LED lights in April I have wanted to convert the cabin dome lights. This required a large diameter drill bit. On the off chance I asked Juan if he had one. Off course he did and it only took a couple of minutes to drill the required hole. Excellent.
On the way back I called into Carrefour at El Paseo to pick up a few items including some more of their t-shirts at €2 each. A welcome break from the afternoon heat as well.
Back on board I converted the first dome light to LED.
Original installation with halogen bulb.
Base plate with hole cut slightly off centre enabling insertion of LED light cluster. The hole is off centre leaving the original installation intact should retro fitting be required.
Larger hole cut in cabin headlining to accommodate the LED cluster.
LED cluster glued into base plate.
Conversion complete. Dome light reinstalled.
The frosted dome cuts down the light emitted (compared with using the same cluster in the bunk lights where light emitted increased) but the end result is slightly less light for a lot less power.