Hi Dave,
I've recently upgraded to halogens also - very worthwhile if you do a lot
of open road night driving!
As I understand it, the pilot is a little 3-5W bulb in the lamp itself. The
idea is at night you can leave this lamp on when parking that car on the
street at night to (hopefully) prevent others from driving into it.
Some of the other cars (ford cortinas etc) don't have sidelamps as such so
they use this as their side lamps.
I've never really had to use the parking/pilot light, but I guess if I was
living in a narrow London street it might be.
Cheers
Bernard
'71 2500PI (with full complement of pilot lamps)
'73 TR6PI (also with full complement of pilot lamps).
At 10:21 22/11/00 -0800, dstauffa@csc.com wrote:
>Hi listers,
>
>I am going to upgrade to Halogen headlamps on my TR6. Along with this I
>will install relays and new 14 gauge wiring to support the current load. A
>new GM alternator is being added and I'm putting a shunt on my ammeter so I
>can use it.
>
>In my search for a supplier of Halogen lamps, I ran across something
>offered by Rimmer Bros that has me confused. They offer a Halogen lamp
>with a "pilot". What in the world is a "pilot" - in this context. We can
>dispense with the airplane jokes! I've e-mailed Rimmer Bros a couple of
>times to help enlighten me but didn't get much clarification (No offense
>intended towards Rimmers as they are very good about most things).
>
>Can any of you, especially the European listers, explain to me the role or
>purpose of such a "pilot".
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>Dave Stauffacher
>Ramona, Ca
>1970 TR6 PI
>
>
Regards
Bernard Robbins
NEC New Zealand Ltd
Network Solutions
P.O. Box 1936
Wellington
Ph (04) 381 6274
fax (04) 381 6284
email brobbins@wlg.nec.co.nz
http://www.nec.co.nz
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