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Cabin lighting

Talk about favorite or hated suppliers, recommend good materials or sources, or anything of the same ilk. This is also a good place to suggest unique ideas and innovations you may have come up with.
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Figment
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Cabin lighting

Post by Figment »

Once again I run up against my usual quandry of wanting a traditional appearance with modern performance. Does anyone know a source for traditionalish looking fixtures with LED lamps?

Yes, "traditionalish" is a word. It means something like...
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FloatingMoneyPit
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Post by FloatingMoneyPit »

Alpenglow has a variation of the usual brass dome reading light, but it ain't cheap. Have heard lots of good things about them, though.

http://www.alpenglowlights.com/html/reading_light.html

I've seen articles about replacing the bulb in an existing fixture with an LED cluster. Might go that route myself.
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Duncan
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Post by Duncan »

A friend of mine has the Alpenglow and they seem to give very high quality light. His can be switched between white, red, and both (which gives a very 'warm' light). All three settings seem to provide very even, pleasing, and complete illumination.
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