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high/low beam? Lets burn a globe out good!!! :D Thu, 09 September 2004 23:25 Go to previous message
this may not be much of a tech question but....

for all those with new cars (ie AFTER 1970), with single headlights....

when you have high beam on, are both the high and low beam filament of the single globe on at the same time?
or does the low beam filament switch off?

to me it seems like having both filaments on at the same time could produce too much heat, if the globes are designed to be "OR" rather than "AND".... BUT, since big globes are available (ie 90/120's) and these are small ones (55/60) maybe the heat will not be a problem?

i get so much better light fill with both on that i'm tempted to run both filaments in high beam, rather than having 'driving lights' to fill the low beam void, when high is on...

ideas?
Cya, Stewart

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Read Message   high/low beam? Lets burn a globe out good!!! :D  oldcorollasThu, 09 September 2004 23:25
Read Message   Re: high/low beam? how are yours wired? justcallmefrankFri, 10 September 2004 00:34
Read Message   Re: high/low beam? how are yours wired? oldcorollasFri, 10 September 2004 01:08
Read Message   Re: high/low beam? how are yours wired? justcallmefrankFri, 10 September 2004 01:13
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