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Subject:Re: round > square headlight conversion / Lamp Life
From:Eric Zeno
Date:Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:19:13 -0400

Now your talking.  A 75% improvment, is easy by
adding an ground wire.
                                                 Eric

David Brodbeck wrote:

>On Wed, 4 Jun 2003, George Goff wrote:
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>>volts will certainly produce more light.  But, will a trip through a pothole
>>also make the lamp more likely to succumb to the lure of the Dark Force?
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>I know what you're saying, but personally, I'd gladly change headlights
>more often in exchange for being able to go more than 40 mph on country
>roads safely.  My headlights are *terrible* with the wiring as it is.
>Probably has something to do with the fact that my voltmeter up front
>drops to 11.5 volts with the headlights on, while the battery voltage in
>back stays at 14!  I'm sure my headlights will last forever with this
>condition, they just don't do a heck of a lot of good.
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>David Brodbeck, N8SRE
>'82 Diesel Westfalia
>'94 Honda Civic Si
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