Quote: Originally posted by garym999 on 08/8/2012
Gas lamps are fine as long as you make sure there are no little uns that can knock them over and will add to the heating but they can get very hot near the glass etc.The safest form of lighting is LED. Thats what I run. I have made my own using LED tape stuck in ali U section. This physically protects the LED and helps dissipate the heat better. Also means I can have a length and light output to suit my needs. I have some clips that then allow them to be hooked on the poles.
<img align="absmiddle" src="https://www.morban.co.uk/MiscImages/LED1.JPG">
Most of the "off the peg" torches and camping lights that I have seen do not offer an option for the colour of the light output and typically use Cool White (CW) LEDs as these are the brightest and most efficient. Mine are in <font color="#ff0000" target="_blank">warm white (WW). You can see the difference between WW & CW by looking at the little solar lights marking the guys v's the light from the tent...
<img align="absmiddle" src="https://www.morban.co.uk/MiscImages/LED2.JPG">
The lighting you see here is from two 1.5m sections to left & right of the awning and a 1m section to the rear seating area. OTT really but I was not sure how good they were going to be. In reality we often only have the one on tn the right where the kitchen is.
Topic: Heating & Lighting without EHU
