Awning Lighting

[Longsufferingwifeoffouldsy]

Greetings fellow caravan people. Once again we need to knock upon the door of your knowledge and experience. Fouldsy and I have been discussing the best way to light a full awning, needless to say we have yet to agree, and I fear as the evening progresses into a second bottle of chardonnay we are unlikely to do so, so over to you folks, how do you light yours? Obviously Lord B your footmen will stand in each corner with a decorative lantern, but what about the rest of you?

 

[Viking1]

Well we got so batty lights that we use were we need them and we use the one on the side of the van.

Mark

 

[rob_jax]

Hi,

How best to light an awning - three ways that I know of:

1. A large bottle of BBQ lighter fluid sprayed round the mud skirt and a match.

2. My friend Richard bought a large halogen lamp heater, and thought it would make a good awning heater (for an Eriba fest last winter). Well I've seen less red light in the Zeedijk in Amsterdam.

3. What we use - a 5 watt fluorescent strip light in each corner - plenty bright enough

Robert

 

[LMH]

Hi

The light on the outside of the caravan is not bright enough for me so I use a table lamp placed on a table and plug it into the external socket.

Lisa

 

[chris_5068897]

Similar to Lisa, except I run a cable form the external socket to an overhead light supported by the awning roof rail-gives a better spread of light

 

[anthonysharon]

hi, we use clear rope lights and wrap them around the roof awning poles and plug into the external socket..