Camping weekend...

This weekend, a small gathering of VWs was seen at an up and coming (I hope) event in central Georgia called Bugs in the Woods Jamboree. This was the second year and I believe only 7 VWs showed up. Three Bugs and four buses. Below are pictures of the camping scene...

firepitbus by qdseeker, on Flickr buscamping2 by qdseeker, on Flickr buscamping3 by qdseeker, on Flickr buscamping by qdseeker, on Flickr headinghome by qdseeker, on Flickr

What's the best way to power some Christmas lights inside a car? I wanted to take my wagon out camping and hang some lights inside the back without draining my battery

Awesome!

Thanks, Toyman01!

Coldsnap wrote: What's the best way to power some Christmas lights inside a car? I wanted to take my wagon out camping and hang some lights inside the back without draining my battery

I just bought battery powered Christmas lights. They were about $6 at Home Depot and flash or stay on steady and they are multi-coloured or white. I can use a regular set of lights as I have an inverter and a solar panel powering other things in the bus. But I just figured to use these.

Coldsnap wrote: What's the best way to power some Christmas lights inside a car? I wanted to take my wagon out camping and hang some lights inside the back without draining my battery

LED xmas light strings use very little power so can run right off the battery without killing it on you - but you need to google for 12v (obviously). They exist and are cheap but without as much variety. No chili-peppers or little reindeer. Wire them up to the cig lighter.

Here is the first hit I got - no affiliation or experience. http://www.christmas-light-source.com/12-Volt-LED-Lights_c_253.html $10, looks like 1.2w per 10 foot (20ct) of lights for the bright white ones.

Alternately, you can just use the 120v LEDs with a cheap 100w inverter. The lights use the same power but the inverter itself uses more than that just running it's fan.

Cool. Where were you guys? My friends and I biked from Warner Robins down to GA Veteran's state park and camped Saturday night. It was a great weekend to be outdoors.

Thanks for the lights tip!

ultraclyde wrote: Cool. Where were you guys? My friends and I biked from Warner Robins down to GA Veteran's state park and camped Saturday night. It was a great weekend to be outdoors.

We were in Gordon, GA.