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Subject:Re: Halogen Back-up bulb
From:Robert Rountree
Date:Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:42:48 -0400

Thanks Dave... I'll pull it and check it now and then and let anyone know if
I find any problems, better safe than
sorry... if these things melt peoples back light housings, this company is
sure going to be libel and going out of business soon... you'd think a
company with so many other electrical products & engineers on staff would
use them on their own cars and have picked up on this before releasing it
Eh?

----- Original Message -----
From: David Beierl <synergx@ibm.net>
To: Robert Rountree <rountree@PLANETEER.COM>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: Halogen Back-up bulb

> At 14:12 6/28/99 -0400, Robert Rountree wrote:
> >difference between the back-up lights... after that 6 minute period, I
felt
> >the lens, and it seems to be warmer on the halogen side (only 1 halogen
> >bulb, drivers side only)..... It didn't feel it was too hot, or enough to
do
> >any damage.... so...Let me restate my revised opinion... For my use this
>
> Rob, my lens was fine.  It was the housing that melted and warped the
> entire light assembly so that there was a big gap at the top where the
> socket-plate is supposed to seal up against the rim of the housing.
>
> david
> David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
>