Re: [Chrysler300] Lefty's "BRIGHT" idea

[Philippe Courant <accf-club@xxxx>]

> Remember if you are going to drive your car go to the halogen units.
I had some problem with halogen sealed beams on my '57 .. It could be 
disastrous for me and the car .. And i'm not the only one , 2 of my 
friends (with halogen sealed beams installed in lieu et place of the 
standard beams) had the same dangerous thing:
I drove my car (with 2 other persons in the car) at night on a very 
narrow road in the country (dark night), so speed was low, maybe 20 mph. 
Suddenly, black-out ! The four headlights (i was in high beams) shut off 
with all gauges and speedo light . I brake immediatly and stop at 1 
meter of the ditch along the road (the braking wasn't at this time very 
"straight"). While braking i withdraw the hi-low beam foot switch w/o 
result. After 2 second (but it seems it was a 1 mn..) the light goes on. 
My friends were not very happy .. I switch again to "high beam" but 
without driving.. 10 s later the lights went out ! So i put in low beam, 
drove the car at very low speed (fortunately i was only at 1 mile from 
the house). I don't know if some of you had already "test" this 
black-out but i assume it's very very impressionable to be in the deep 
darkness.
Seems that the circuit breaker built in the light switch was overload 
with the current of the 4 halogens. I think that when overload this 
thing opens, closes, opens, etc.. but not im my case ! It opens and 
remains open... I suspect also the foot control but i've no way to 
proove it.
I put a big relay on the hi-beam circuit and now no problem.

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Philippe COURANT (Pau, France)- Webmaster des sites ACCF et C-I-F
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