Great info. I was curious of the "finger print" thing. And, yes. I did see the wire casing type. I get it now. Humph. Well. It would only get used at night, it's aimed low, (so's not to offend campers too much) and will get used judiciously. That said, maybe taking the tint of the rear window and installing higher power LED lights in the OEM back up light sockets would have been a better idea! Neil. On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:57 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 12:36 PM 7/26/2013, neil n wrote: >> >> So electrical "Liquid Tape" won't hold up over the long term? > > > I don't believe it will. You notice they use glass-fibre insulation for the > wire lead (and sockets for pin-type halogen lamps are ceramic).
> very rapidly, which means they're not tolerant of overvoltage. Tricky > little devils, not tolerant of sweat contamination on the envelope; and > unpleasant when they explode, hot or cold.
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