At 03:44 PM 1/15/2001, Karen Olson wrote: >When coils go bad, could the high voltage built up in the secondary winding, >intermittently short over to the 12 Volt primary winding and cause this? No, it really couldn't, honest (unless I'm wrong, of course <g>).
>As for the flashbulb taillights, I discovered my brake lights were out and, >when replacing them, the clear glass of the bulbs were entirely discolored >on the inside, and a roughly 1/4" diameter piece of glass was blown out of >each bulb. Fascinating! Was the discoloration smooth, even, mirror-like? Where was the hole, and was it the same in both bulbs? Are these combination brake/running lights, or single-filament? Was there melting at the edges of the hole, or anywhere else? david
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