At 08:36 6/28/99 -0400, Robert Rountree wrote: >Interesting find in Canadian Tire yesterday. A 50 watt Super Bright Halogen >Back-up bulb. >Replaces your regular single filament back-up bulb, with a Halogen bulb... >the package says it's 2 & a half times brighter than your regular tungsten >bulb... I bought the box $9.95cdn (thinking 2 would be in it.... NOT... only >1) and replaced my drivers side bulb....It's Much brighter... couldn't I put a 50-watt non-halogen bulb in a few years ago, and a couple months later I spent several hours with a hot-air gun and sticky foam rebuilding the tail light assembly which had melted and warped considerably. Just something to think about -- I don't know how much heat the halogens produce compared to the regular, though I suspect it's similar. Incidentally, I think I still have one of those bulbs, if someone wants it :) BTW I have installed a regular-wattage halogen with the backup beeper and it works great. Noticeable from outside but not the industrial-strength stick-a-fork-in-your-ear. david David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net |
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