Date:         Mon, 22 Jul 2002 19:36:30 -0700
Reply-To:     mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mike <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Reversing Lamps - Rear fog Lamps
Comments: To: Al Knoll <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
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Leap, oh valiant one.

In other words, you first.

Mike

> From: pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
> Reply-To: pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:48:22 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Reversing Lamps - Rear fog Lamps
>
> It always seems that my "backup" lights (reversing lamps, Br.) are pitifully
> dim.  Adding a 55W bulb will just melt the el-cheepo very expensive housings
> sooo...what if you mount some of those  55w 3" diameter fog lamps or at
> least one on the rear door.  Now you have BACKOFF!!! lamps.    55W photon
> torpedos to annihilate the unwary.  Turn em on and you can see something.
> kewl.
>
> Any of our esteemed vanagonauts (other than Joel) done such an installation?
>
> When you're finished you have those pesky former backup light locations now
> vacant in the taillight housings.  They have lenses, reflectors and all the
> right stuff but alas they're clear lenses....wot ho, who comes through the
> night?  Sir Led of the peoples republic of Chinnychinchin.  Red is his color
> and small is his heat and lowly is his price (8 frogskins at
> MannyMoeAndJacks)  Plop em in, wire accordingly and behold!  Reversing
> lights that you can see them by and foglights that them can see you by.  But
> of course not useful in non-foggy locales.  Sacramento in summer, San
> Francisco in winter, Tucson all year.
>
> BUT for Sacramento in fogtime (winter) this could be the trick.
>
> So who among us will leap into the breach?
>
> p
>