Actually, no. DRL's are typically high-beams of the vehicle, operated at 80% voltage. The purpose is to call attention to the vehicle during daylight hours by using a slightly dimmed version of longest range beam of the car. The city lamp, on the other hand, is a 5w bulb that does NOTHING toward illuminating the road surface, it is there mostly to mark the front of the vehicle while driving in the city. (Some European cities have wisely chosen to forbid headlamps in the city, recognizing that they do more to blind oncoming vehicles than they do to illuminate roads that are sufficiently illuminated by street lamps). G. Matthew Bulley Director Bulley-Hewlett & Associates www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree
-----Original Message----- From: Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator [SMTP:owner-LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 3:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: City Lights > I think the point was that the 'city light' option stands out in that it > looks different than anything on the road in the U.S. The rectangular Hella I beleive another term for 'city lights' is day time running lamps. I could be wrong about this though... dave |
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