The only thing most drivers today know when you use a hand signal is that the window is open... Chris in LA -----Original Message----- >From: DickB@xxxxxxxxx >Sent: Feb 19, 2008 10:21 AM >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: RE: IML: Better Bulbs? > >Yes, dim tail and brake lights are very dangerous and getting even worse, >with all the new cars on the road, they all have superbly visible rear >lighting. It is a real nightmare on my 47 Packard, with the tiny little 6 >volt lights down by the bumper. I've fitted 50 watt microscope bulbs (my >lenses are heavy glass), but it is little help. I get really paranoid >driving at night in traffic. During the day, I use the old hand signals, >which we were forced to learn back when I started to drive, in the early >50s. I think most modern drivers don't know what I am doing when I stick my >arm out the window. > >Dick Benjamin > > >-----Original Message----- >From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Schmitt >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:04 AM >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: IML: Better Bulbs? > >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 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 > > >----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > > > >----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm