Re: IML: Better Bulbs?

["Lupe Rodriguez" <lupee@xxxxxxx>]

Where can I buy some of these P3496 bulbs? I can use them 
for the T-Bird but I think they would be to close to the 
lenses on the Imperial.
Lupe
60 Thunderbird Hard Top
64 Imperial Crown Coupe
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From: <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 5:28 PM
Subject: RE: IML: Better Bulbs?


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 used 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


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
Bob Schmitt
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:41 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: Better Bulbs?

Hi all -

While poking around allpar.com (a good info source for all 
the
Chrysler engine and parts that may be on your Imperial), I 
found an
article about testing of LED "bulbs" for taillights and 
brake lights
- my '66 could use brighter lights as there are many more 
dim bulb
drivers these days.

The expensive LED bulbs did not fare well, but a less 
expensive
replacement was the P3496, which seems to replace many 
common bulbs
on American cars.  I also found BMW, Volvo and other car 
owners
recommending its use, which is stated to be 40% brighter 
than the OEM bulbs.

The full report is:
http://www.allpar.com/reviews/other/SamStrait-LED-bulbs.html

Bob


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