On Sat night while reading under one of our halogen lights, we noticed an unpleasant smell. I went outside not believing that the smell could come from inside the van. There was no smell outside but the smell was still inside the van. It turned out to be the componentry surrounding the halogen bulb - the smoke that had started by then was a dead set give away. I hate to think what would have happened if we had gone for a shower or gone out and left that light on!! Turned the light off and when we were able to remove the surround, we found that it was buckled and a small section had in fact melted. Unfortunately, can't post a pic because the Canon is giving up the ghost also. We will now be replacing all our halogen bulbs with LEDs. When we were at the Casino meet, a speaker on all things electronic said that halogens generate very high heat (about 300 deg C!). He also said that 35 house fires in Vic in one year had a halogen light near combustible material as the cause. We were wondering if anyone else has had problems with halogen heat. The van is 4 years old. Geoff PS Apart from the above drama, we had a great time