Date:         Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:44:38 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <synergx@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Halogen Back-up bulb
Comments: To: Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
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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