> Unless you go to a significantly higher wattage bulb this should not
> be a problem. The electric circuit is designed for 40/55 watt
> headlamps. For this wattage tungsten or tungsten/halogen makes no
> difference except for the amount of light that comes out.
Very true. It is also true that the standard 7" halogen bulbs start at 10
watts (almost an amp) more than the old tungstens. Lucas engineering seldom
inspires so much confidence that I am willing to ignore this added load. As
I stated earlier, these cars have already exceeded their projected life.
Have you loooked at the quality of the replacement switches out there? I
would rather greatly reduce the load on my headlight switch and dimmer
switch by installing the relays that Lucas failed to engineer into my car
now than sit and swear about having to install trashy chinese switches that
probably will need replaced again next year.
David Lieb
1972 RWA
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