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Re: Ancillary gauge lights 200 1982

posted by  someone claiming to be Don Foster on  Thu Nov 16 04:15 CST 2000 [RELATED]

"...don't have a source of 115VAC, 400cps power in my car..."

Well, we could engineer that, too. Perhaps a gas turbine powered alternator in the trunk. Then if anybody decided to tailgate, simply fire up the turbine and melt his front tires!

Actually, I was thinking of the bulbs that fit on the wings—I had a set on an old IH Scout (many, many years back)—they were 12-volt, and my 30-amp generator couldn't really keep up with them for long (glad I had a bigggggg battery). But they'd light up the beach for a good 2-3 miles!

With minor rewiring, those suckers would fit in place of the high-beam bulbs on a quad set-up (on an '80 240, for example). One flick of the high beams and EVERYBODY dimmed their lights. [Had to temporarily install the legal bulbs for yearly safety inspection. Otherwise you'd melt the alignment chart on the wall.]



Don Foster (near Cape Cod, MA)





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