Believe it or not, I was looking into this, but when the cover is closed it gets so hot it might melt the lights! ...and of course you would have to run wires to this custom installation. Most people don't want to do all that. However I am working on some idea! - Videobob >From: Peter Lucas <lucas@xxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [DML] More on LEDs >Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 10:01:53 -0400 > >Here's a suggestion for the vendors playing with LEDs: > >I would love to have much better built-in illumination for my engine >compartment. In addition to being not-very-bright, the stock engine >compartment light is obviously too low to be very useful when you are >replacing your water pump on a rainy evening at the side of the >interstate :-). > >How about somebody coming up with some kind of a lightweight strip of >downward-pointing LEDs that could be mounted on the engine compartment >lid such that it would bathe the engine in uniform, white light? > >--Pete Lucas > VIN #06703 > > > > >To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: >moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > >For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > >To search the archives or view files, log in at >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/