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Thanks all for the help so far. It's taken me long enough but I now have a feed going to some LEDs above the sliding door. The primary objective here was always to have something as unobtrusive and inconspicuous as possible. I've fitted a 30cm flat strip on a black PCB, embedded within a silicone coating. It's no more than 5mm deep, at a guess.
The cable runs behind the awning casing, with a waterproof connector near the boot in case I ever want to change the setup. Into the boot through the same hole as the solar cable, and currently terminating in the back cupboard.
It's definitely inconspicuous.
My main fear was that 30cm wouldn't be bright enough, and I'd have to replace it with a longer strip. The eBay seller won't make them longer than 30cm, and nowhere else sells properly sealed black PCB units. However, I've tested it and the light level is great, so happy days.
I now need to decide how where to feed it from. The original plan was the rear battery, but comments above suggest I should connect to the shunt rather than battery negative terminal to avoid all possibility of electrical gremlins. There's no way I'm pulling the fridge out to access the shunt, so I'm now considering taking a feed off the interior light on the RHS of the roof in the boot. Having popped out the fitting today, I see it has what look like two spade connectors on it (although they almost look joined together in my poor photo):
Has some cunning VW engineer put those there so that they can just string a set of them down each side of the vehicle instead of running a separate feed to each? And can I therefore pull from there to power my LEDs? Or am I just dreaming? I've had a scout of the forums but haven't been able to find anything. Thanks!
The cable runs behind the awning casing, with a waterproof connector near the boot in case I ever want to change the setup. Into the boot through the same hole as the solar cable, and currently terminating in the back cupboard.
It's definitely inconspicuous.
My main fear was that 30cm wouldn't be bright enough, and I'd have to replace it with a longer strip. The eBay seller won't make them longer than 30cm, and nowhere else sells properly sealed black PCB units. However, I've tested it and the light level is great, so happy days.
I now need to decide how where to feed it from. The original plan was the rear battery, but comments above suggest I should connect to the shunt rather than battery negative terminal to avoid all possibility of electrical gremlins. There's no way I'm pulling the fridge out to access the shunt, so I'm now considering taking a feed off the interior light on the RHS of the roof in the boot. Having popped out the fitting today, I see it has what look like two spade connectors on it (although they almost look joined together in my poor photo):
Has some cunning VW engineer put those there so that they can just string a set of them down each side of the vehicle instead of running a separate feed to each? And can I therefore pull from there to power my LEDs? Or am I just dreaming? I've had a scout of the forums but haven't been able to find anything. Thanks!