Early Vanagon Westfalia Galley Light LED Upgrade...?

[Dana Champion]

Has anyone converted their Delta Six Galley/Kitchen light to LED ?

I believe the original bulbs are halogen?... they sure get hot, and if left unattended can melt the light cover.

Just throwing this out there. Did not find anything in the forum.

I guess either a two pin bulb replacement, if one exists, or a conversion to fit on the aluminum plate.

Any input, thoughts or ideas would be helpful for those with this fixture.

[Freshdub]

Fixture was useless, couldnt find a direct replacement led bulb so i just removed it and added (2) 9bulb led strips wired off the old leads. Diffuser is nice and soft, warm white feels right and throws tons of light. Less power consumption too. Search ebay for this route

[ThankYouJerry]

No need to convert or modify. Tons of great options here: https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/led-strips-and-bars/

I have this one: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/swivel-le...itch/1230/

It is great! If you go with it just make sure you specify "warm" color when you put it in your cart. I had the cool white and it was too sterile... kinda like the oem fluorescent but way brighter. The warm option is perfect.
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1990 Multivan - "Ohana"
1.8T, Auto w/3.27 R&P + Peloquin TBD

[70coupyel]

The bulbs are a G4 mount. I looked into going LED with G4 mount and the light out put was these was not very bright. Adding a 2nd G4 socket and spending $20 x 2= $40 (at the time) for 2 LEDs was the only thing close to the light out put of the OG G4 bulb. Less light and way too expensive.
I still use the G4 bulb because of the very high light output. I only use it when I have a kitchen knife in my hand prepping food. I have other LEDs for other times.
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[Wolpi]

I simply soldered the new LED's leads onto the bulb socket leads. Worked like a charm, kept the fixture intact.
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'81 Westy Vanagorsche "The Wolpertinger"

[Dana Champion]

I bought a couple of G4 LED light bulbs from China for under four bucks on ebay shipped.

Warm white 160 lumens 2 watts. These are in a silicon base, so they are a little flexible.

From my pictures they appear to be comparable in brightness. The LED does get warm, but not sizzling hot like the Halogen.

LED bulbs from China

LED warm white in fixture

Factory Halogen

LED

For those who want to keep the original fixture, and use LED, this might be an option.
I have not tested this light for any longer than ten minutes.
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[atomatom]

i am putting in one of these: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/80128368/

i removed the 110v guts, so it runs 12v, and also replaced the halogens with the ebay G4 led bulbs.

the PO had wired in something awful. ripping out the monstrosities gives me a lots of satisfaction. i wonder what the next guy will do.
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84 Vanagon Westy, 1.9L, California raised but defected to Canada.

[Westified]

[michaelasnider]

Would one of these not work?

http://www.amazon.ca/Equivalent-Halogen-Bi-Pin-Lig...rds=g4+led

http://www.amazon.ca/Halogen-Bulbs-Equivalent-Omni...rds=g4+led

http://www.amazon.ca/Bulbs-Halogen-Equivalent-160l...rds=g4+led

[joetiger]

I used one of these:

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/dome-rece...tributes/2

Very happy with it.

I put one over the engine bay as well:

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[michaelasnider]

Those look great, and I'm hoping to run some extra wire to do a similar install over the engine bay (including that 12V outlet).

For the time being though, I was hoping to just pop out the bulbs and save the headache of an entire new install, so I actually ordered these ( http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00EC4JG8C?psc=1&a...ge_o00_s00 ) for the galley light, and this ( http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B009S1DFI6?psc=1&a...ge_o00_s00 ) for the drivers map light. No idea if either will work but figured it was worth a try!

[michaelasnider]

So the bulbs I bought for the drivers map light worked great, but the galley light was very dull.

So I bought these (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00CFFFVKC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00) and they have been working great!

[christopherlayton]

ditched the stock light and drilled a couple holes in both the gutter and the trim at the edge of the upper bunk and installed these with a couple of switches: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00119424/

$35 (including the switches), nice even light for the whole van, low low power consumption.
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1982 Vanagon Westfalia, EJ22, Subarugears w/LSD, all the usual Mods
IG: christopherlayton

[oldschool84]

These are some great pics and solutions folks are posting - I noticed the alignment of the light bar to fold up table

Could there be a sticky that this goes to under Interior Lighting?
Just a thought - I'll be back here at some point to upgrade and lots of great suggestions here.

[dougfrommaine]

I realize this thread is a few years old, but I figure people are still reading it, since I did. If anyone is upgrading their old style 80-84 kitchen/galley light, and ditching/tossing/scrapping the old one... can you save it for me instead? I'll pay for your expenses to to pack and ship it, and maybe even contribute something to the cost of whatever you replaced it with. I like my old-style light, but the plastic cover/dome is distorted from getting over heated, and I'd love to replace it if possible. If you can help out, send me a PM!
Thanks!
- Doug

[kalispell365]

GoWesty now makes a bulb for this fixture (I actually really like this original fixture).
https://www.gowesty.com/product/bulbs-sockets/24689/led-bulb-early-camper-interior-?v=
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1983 Diesel Vanagon Westfalia chassis with Subaru 2.2l

[mtnride1]

FWIW there is a guy in Arroyo Grande that has a really nice LED set up that lights the spice rack above the kitchen it taps off of that light, remote control and provides nice light. his sight is VanagoLEDS.com. the light is the full length of the rack.
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87 westy 2wd (NED)

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