I have some partially melted taillight housings to show you that very high
wattage tail light bulbs are a bad idea.  Keep your tail lights stock and
increase the wattage of your brake lights.

2011/4/24 Michael Rasmussen <michael@jamhome.us>

> On our way to Easter lunch we stopped at a stoplight. I turned to
> continue a conversation with my wife and she screamed. Someone had
> appeared at the driver's door.  He looked OK so I rolled down the window.
> "Both your brake lights are out and you only have a right tail light."
> I said Thank YOU! and he rushed back to his car.
>
> I'd installed high intensity bulbs from Terry Kay last October and
> kept all of the original bulbs as spares.  (Sometimes you get lucky...)
> We turned off at the next intersection and I replaced the brake, left
> running light and left turn signal.
>
> Six months is a pretty short time for a set of bulbs.  And I know I
> replaced a running light in December or January.  Tomorrow I'll pick up
> a set of spare bulbs and add "check the lights" to my weekly schedule.
>
> On the chance it's not the bulbs, it's the _____, what should I check out?
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 02:19:44AM -0500, Jay Brown wrote:
> > I used to run the higher wattage bulbs from Terry Kay, but found that
> mine
> > didn't last very long. I always buy a spare for every bulb that I
> purchase
> > since they are small and easy to stow away in the van.
>
>
> --
>      Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
>  Trading kilograms for kilometers since 2003
>    Be appropriate && Follow your curiosity
>          http://www.jamhome.us/
> The Fortune Cookie Fortune today is:
> I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.
>    ~ Crash Davis (Bull Durham)
>

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Chris S.
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