PriestyUK
Gas Engineer
My layout, 2 points who can spot Henry trying to get in the picture 🙂
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stoker122
A cheeky peek from the top shelf 🙂
What van is it?
What van is it?
PriestyUK
Gas Engineer
Hahaha 2 points and yeah a Vivaro, really like the look of those new transit customs. I do alot of big commercial work so most of my gear eg pipe fittings gets delivered to site. Building boilers, high level heaters etc. I do do some house bashing but only really for friends and family. Usually have the ridgid 300 in the back, hence the big oil circle from the bucket, Just installed these bad boys, 350kg each, dont think they would fit in my poor vivaro 🙁
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I have fitted them myself mate!
I bought these from Toolstation:Toolstation > Lighting > Interior Lighting > LED Striplight Add on Kit
I bought 6 and wired them in tandem. I have a proper switch in the dash, with a little orange light (left by the last owner) that is wired back to some 1mm cable in the back. So I've taken them off of that.
In the dark you throw the switch and the back is lit in brilliant white. Bloody marvelous!! Not cheap, cost me nearly £70 for all six lights, but you don't need the starter kit just the lights obviously.
Also a bit of a fiddle to cut the wires down to make it look neat. I've angled one strip in each direction and one left in the middle. I will take a photo. Life saver in the dark.
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TBServices
Looks good Danny. Wonder if you can just wire them off the existing rear light?
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Whl4852
I've wired mine from the existing light, they all come on when you open the rear door
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TBServices
I'm gonna do it. Make it my project for next weekend.
Do you need the transformer kit or can you just wire straight in?
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TBServices
Need to see pics of yours Danny!
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Whl4852
If they are 12v lights you don't need the kit, wire them strait in, I used speaker wire :1:
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TBServices
Doesn't say on TS description. I would have thought they'd be 12v though
They are 12V which is why you don't need the starter kit that TS sell.
You could run them off the existing wiring. Halfords sell a fitting to 'piggy back' off the feeds. (My mate did it with his).
But my van had the switch and the cable allready run by the last owner, so I used it.
You could run them off the existing wiring. Halfords sell a fitting to 'piggy back' off the feeds. (My mate did it with his).
But my van had the switch and the cable allready run by the last owner, so I used it.
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on31ll
That hilti stuff is too clean !
My mate works for sky theyve been given new vans he opened the back door and the van is lit up like twickers ! Have to find out those lights !
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TBServices
It was still light when I snapped these. The extra light they give off is brilliant.
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TBServices
Brilliant. How've you managed to stick them up/hide cables?
Well the lights link with each other, so that parts easy.
There is about a 40mm cavity between the roof lining and the roof of the van. So I just crimped all the joints, and then wrapped them with self amalgamating tape and pushed them into the cavity. Whole thing took about 2 hours. It was seriously cold when I did it, my fingers were hurting!
I was lucky as the tricky part of running the supplies and the switch had been done for me.
Makes a big difference when you're looking for something, or just tidying up and the end of a dark day/night.
There is about a 40mm cavity between the roof lining and the roof of the van. So I just crimped all the joints, and then wrapped them with self amalgamating tape and pushed them into the cavity. Whole thing took about 2 hours. It was seriously cold when I did it, my fingers were hurting!
I was lucky as the tricky part of running the supplies and the switch had been done for me.
Makes a big difference when you're looking for something, or just tidying up and the end of a dark day/night.
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REDSAW
what trade are you in?lol
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