At 11:45 AM 3/29/2001, Alistair Bell wrote: >Will someone tell me the why these "parking lights" are so important? If you drive in Great Britain you have to have them (or did when Dutiful Passage was there back in the '80s -- they unwired the regular sidelights and wired these up instead). They use T-6 bulbs inserted from the bottom to give the entire headlight a weak glow, very charming -- in my case these were standard ?Lucas? RHD sealed-beams which I tossed a few years ago. The socket was built-in to the reflector somehow, I forget the details. I don't think they have any actual practical use beyond meeting some Euro regulation -- they certainly don't give enough light to see by even for parking. And because of the bulb location I think a good deal of what light they do give goes up to the sky. david
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