Having spent a life associated with flying, I came to recognize how important it is to see all the controls at your fingertips, feet, elbows, passengers, etc, at an instant.
The answer is simple, Red-Floods. Yes, Red lights that illuminate the inside of your car - or whatever, while not distracting your attention from the outside. Watch any military movie, including aircraft & submarines, and you might learn how invaluable these lights really are.
So, I had previously fitted some red lights, bought from China, into my car. They were LED's, encased in plastic. They seemed okay... for a while... until they each decided to fail. Sigh! They were cheap to buy, although I had to wait for over one month to get them. They were not too good anyway and the amount of red light they showed was limited, to the extreme.
I recently replaced them, with 10mm, red-LED's. All wired in parallel, supplied from a DC 12v supply with 1/4 watt resistors in-line. I took the supply voltage from the Center Console - there's a socket to supply a rear 12volt cigar socket. I say cigar instead of cigarette because I am so upmarket... Not! Only kidding. I don't smoke.
See my pictures, which are not very complementary. But in reality, they are fantastic.
12volt, LED's and a controlling power-switch. It's all you need.
The answer is simple, Red-Floods. Yes, Red lights that illuminate the inside of your car - or whatever, while not distracting your attention from the outside. Watch any military movie, including aircraft & submarines, and you might learn how invaluable these lights really are.
So, I had previously fitted some red lights, bought from China, into my car. They were LED's, encased in plastic. They seemed okay... for a while... until they each decided to fail. Sigh! They were cheap to buy, although I had to wait for over one month to get them. They were not too good anyway and the amount of red light they showed was limited, to the extreme.
I recently replaced them, with 10mm, red-LED's. All wired in parallel, supplied from a DC 12v supply with 1/4 watt resistors in-line. I took the supply voltage from the Center Console - there's a socket to supply a rear 12volt cigar socket. I say cigar instead of cigarette because I am so upmarket... Not! Only kidding. I don't smoke.
See my pictures, which are not very complementary. But in reality, they are fantastic.
12volt, LED's and a controlling power-switch. It's all you need.
