Interior lighting

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  1. stacks

    stacks Road Train Member

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    Who runs red lights for the inside of the truck , darn I’ve even seen some owner ops lighting up the undercarriage of there trucks looks kinda cool though
     
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  3. Suspect Zero

    Suspect Zero Road Train Member

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    I don't currently but I have in the past. Cuts all the windshield glare during the nighttime hours.
     
  4. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    Small aircraft have run red instrument lights for years. Some of the the high dollar~big power chicken trucks I drove ran red or purple interior lights. It does help on the those dark rainy PNW nights.
     
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  5. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    Where do u put them. ? Wouldnt interior lights just make glare in the windows?
     
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  6. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    Supposedly red lights will let you sleep again if you wake up at night (the reason they are red).
    As to redlights and windshield lighting. Here is a youtube vid on it @D.Tibbitt
     
  7. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I ran Freightliners, FLDs and early Columbias that came stock with a red map light over the driver.
     
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  8. okiedokie

    okiedokie Road Train Member

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    Under the dash, on the door posts & in the sleeper. :biggrin_25525:
     
  9. Dna Mach

    Dna Mach Road Train Member

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    Freightliner calls them footwell lights and they are awesome! Lights up the floor board but in a way that you really only notice if your looking down. I wish Peterbilt installed them at the factory.
     
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  10. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    I think the idea of the red map light is to lessen the dilation of pupils, at night. Keeping pupils smaller, to avoid the quick adjustment that happens when other headlights hit your eyes. The goal being to avoid eyes getting tired quickly ( sleepy) at night.
     
  11. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    I have red lights in my cab and sleeper, cuts the recovery time down after somebody you meet is too dumb to shut their brights off, also doesn't attract mosquitos as bad in summer when sleeping with the windows down.
     
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