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Date:         Mon, 10 Mar 2003 09:16:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: headlight bulb question...
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Thanks for that insight David. I hadn't gone to that consideration, only to the load on the wires leading to the lights. Not something I'll try any time soon.

Bob

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And if you light them both at once you're putting a bigger heat load on the bulb than the mfr intended. May have little effect, may reduce filament life, may conceivably cause catastrophic failure of the bulb capsule if the temp gets high enough to soften the quartz envelope -- the bulbs contain high pressure, so the envelope will bulge and blow out at the hot spot. I've seen this happen on 110vac halogens.

david

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