Robert,
you refer to the bulb as the 'regular one' not the 3156.... can you give us
the number of the one you are recommending?
Thanks
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, June 28, 1999 5:35 AM
Subject: Halogen Back-up bulb

>Interesting find in Canadian Tire yesterday. A 50 watt Super Bright Halogen
>Back-up bulb.
>Replaces your regular single filament back-up bulb, with a Halogen bulb...
>the package says it's 2 & a half times brighter than your regular tungsten
>bulb... I bought the box $9.95cdn (thinking 2 would be in it.... NOT...
only
>1) and replaced my drivers side bulb....It's Much brighter... couldn't
>measure the difference with my Minolta light meter (not because I didn't
>want to, just because my legs not long enough to hold the clutch in, while
I
>have it in reverse and my 10 foot arm is holding the meter in front of the
>back-up light (^:)... Interesting lighting effect though.  I park my van by
>backing into a very narrow covered spot, and have a few pieces of 3M
>reflective tape on the corners of the car port post as markers... because
of
>our van's back-up lens design, and this bulb's focal point in that lens
>axis, the light pattern changes into a much brighter & wider sweep,
reaching
>out much more to the sides as well as straight ahead, but not as wide up or
>down, but still much brighter.... for a van well known for it's poor
backing
>up, rear visibility, I find this really helps.... Oh yeah... get the
regular
>one, not the 3156 (unless you are using it on another car that uses 3156,
>you can use this bulb on ALL your vehicles)... the company also makes a
>device that will plug into your back-up bulb socket, that is a
>buzzer/beeper... so it will beep when you back up.
>
>here are the facts
>Super Bright 50 Halogen Back-up bulb
>DesignTech International inc.
>7955 Cameron Brown Court
>Springfield, Virginia  22153
>
>have a good summer and watch out for those trees backing up in the woods.
>Rob
>87 Westy SyncroGL.....Cynosure 88k km
>Moonstone Ont.
>