Re: IML: Better Bulbs?

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There is another bulb to use in place of 1157, that would be 2057, it is brighter and has no adverse heat problems. Dave.

 

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> From: Bob Schmitt <bsbrbank@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>
> > Dick - 
> > 
> > Thanks for the detailed explanation and potential warning. I think 
> > the taillight bulbs have good spacing from the lense on my '66, but 
> > will check this before any install. 
> > 
> > Using these new bulbs on my other old car ('69 Alfa, if they fit) may 
> > be more important, as two drivers behind me have told they didn't 
> > see my brake lights. But they always check out OK, so something is "too dim". 
> > 
> > Bob 
> > 
> > At 05:36 PM 2/18/2008, you wrote: 
> > >Note that the P3496 is a conventional wire filament bulb, however, not an 
> > >LED. It is filled with Krypton gas, which produces a brighter light, so it 
> > >won't have the instant illumination feature of the LED type bulbs as us
> ed in 
> > >some new cars and most big trucks and emergency equipment built in the last 
> > >few years. 
> > > 
> > >The P3496 uses the same amount of current as the 1157 on the brake and turn 
> > >filament (27 watts each), but almost 3 times the current on the tail light 
> > >filament, which could cause a heating problem in cars with plastic lenses, 
> > >especially where the lenses are close to the bulb, because the tail lights 
> > >are on continuously at night, the brake/turn filaments are only on for a 
> > >short time. The P3496 tail light filaments produce 8 watts of heat, the 
> > >original bulbs (1157s) produced only 3 watts each. 
> > > 
> > >Dick Benjamin 
> > 
> > 
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