Nigelw Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 What is the best colour for the interior lights? seen blue, red and green, but whats the best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Depends on what it's for, but red light has less effect on night vision, so would be bet if you need unaided night vision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelw Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 This is for the extra lighting in the door cards, need to be able to see the ashtray but also put some unobtrusive light in the footwells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Non-visible light is best. Assuming you're talking about instrument/control-panel illumination - paint the needles and other-things you need to see with UV-fluorescent paint and fit Ultraviolet LEDs to the instruments as the light-source. Lexus got this right on the instrument-panels of the first-generation LS400/430. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 All the tractors I've worked with have a dull orange light illuminating the console, makes finding controls in the dark nice and easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 My daily driver 206 has orange backlight on the dials/switches which is really easy on the eyes at night. Same orange light in ashtray too (when its not full of sweet wrappers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 We usually use red on the railways for night inspections of footplate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Aircraft cockpit "wander lamps" (detachable lamps on telephone chords) have selectable red filters for night vision protection, and it's why military torches come with red filters (also less visible at distance to enemy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 If you've ever used a OS map with either green or red you'll find they both have there downsides in the way that certain colours on the map "disappear", with red the contour lines dissapear, with green the grid lines disappear, just something to bare in mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua81 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I think blue is the best colour for night lights. It is more harmonic than green or red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 How about colour change LEDs? Gibbs and Dandy sell rolls of LED ribbons with a remote control unit. They need 28V, IIRC, but I'll be you'll find something similar for cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 The wagon I used to drive had red internal lights for night driving which was fine for driving but it was really hard to read stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I hate blue lights in the dark, especially when trying to see details! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelw Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 How about colour change LEDs? Gibbs and Dandy sell rolls of LED ribbons with a remote control unit. They need 28V, IIRC, but I'll be you'll find something similar for cars.These I have already, picked em up cheap in Lidl, they can be cut into portions of 3 leds and I used the white lights to do my centre fascia to give better light than the 1.2w capsules. Plan to use the same ribbon again and Could do the full 4 wire install with the IR box and control it with the remote to vary colour and brightness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 One very neat install I saw had regular 3 or 5mm red LED's tucked in strategic points, they are dirt cheap, only need a 3 or 5mm drilled hole with a dab of something to hold them in, and use a few milliamps each. You can buy 12v ones from RS/CPC/farnell/eblag. They throw off just enough light to see the thing they're pointing at, unlike a lot of modern LED lighting strips / replacement bulbs which try to be as bright as they possibly can, and red seems to be best for preserving night vision. Examples were a couple under the brim of the gauge cluster pointing at the gauges, one or two in the interior light fitting facing drive & co-driver's laps, respectively, with a small switch for each, and a few others strategically placed to illuminate vital things like winch control switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyninety Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I had blue interiors lights for a while, its near impossible to read or do anything. I might as well as had no interior lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I hate blue lights in the dark, especially when trying to see details! I've discovered we have problems with The 109 and it's raptor dash. I had some blue LED's to go in the bottom holes and I wired them to the sideight feed, but driving home from work after the streetlights have gone out I'm getting a lot of blue light reflecting in the windscreen. I'll have to change them to be on the interior light switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigelw Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I've discovered we have problems with The 109 and it's raptor dash. I had some blue LED's to go in the bottom holes and I wired them to the sideight feed, but driving home from work after the streetlights have gone out I'm getting a lot of blue light reflecting in the windscreen. I'll have to change them to be on the interior light switch.I think the leds must have been too bright Ed?The way I am fitting the strips behind the actual door card and filling the holes in with transparent glue from the hot glue gun, the idea being that the brightness will be diffused by the glue. well that's the idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I don't know if they are supa-brights but they are super bright! They're in the bottom face of the Raptor, but they reflect up off the seatbox....probably doesn't help that the screen isn't in the best of conditions anyway and needs changing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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