I've tried several of the higher wattage ones from one of the vendors
and find that they indeed get hot and ALL have burned out within a
month of me putting them in.  Someone actually gave me a new bulb at
Everybus this year (I'll have to look and see what it is) and it
works great.
On Sep 12, 2006, at 7:05 AM, Frank Condelli wrote:

> In a message dated 11/09/2006 3:15:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>
> Has  anybody tried the higher wattage taillites being sold by a
> vendor?
>
> IS  the wattage ok for the wires?  Do they get too hot?
>
> If anybody  knows the part numbers, I would prefer to get them locally
> (Canada) rather  than order via the web.
>
>
>
> Higher wattage tail tamp bulbs WILL melt your tail  lamp housing,
> no problem
> with the wires.  I just got done replacing a set  of melted housing
> for a
> customer cauz someone put the ordinary 1156, 21 watt  bulb in the
> tail lamp
> socket.  If you want brighter tail lamps try the new  LED ones that
> are coming on
> the market.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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