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Re: LEDs for tail lights?

To: "M.E. & E.A. Driver" <edriver@sasktel.net>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: LEDs for tail lights?
From: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 15:11:33 -0400
Ed,
Would that be for all Healeys, or just BJ8s??
Dave
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: M.E. & E.A. Driver
  To: Roger Bowker - Sextant Communications, Ltd
  Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
  Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:40 AM
  Subject: Re: LEDs for tail lights?


  Roger

  Some of us have tried them here as an experiment (1157 equivalents).  We
found
  that the standard 1157  was brighter and the fill in the rear brake lenses
was
  better.
  These findings were the same in daylight and  at night.

  Kind regards
  Ed
  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  '65 BJ8               '89 Morgan 4/4


  Roger Bowker - Sextant Communications, Ltd wrote:

  > I've been off-list for a while - so I apologize if this has been chewed
over
  > before.
  >
  > For a long time there was a lot of activity about using halogen bulbs for
  > tail lights and where to get them. They were brighter, however ran a bit
  > hotter in the socket.
  >
  > Has anyone done anything with clusters of light emitting diodes(LEDs)for
  > Healey tail lights and running lights?
  >
  > Roger Bowker
  > Harvard, MA
  > 59BT7 thermal choke and all




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