<VV> Aircraft Landing Lights for Corvair Headlights!

[Ron]

And, you should've been arrested and had your license pulled.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dickbolt@his.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:01 AM
Subject: <VV> Aircraft Landing Lights for Corvair Headlights!


> Many yrs ago, I bought 12 volt aircraft landing lights for my Corvair 
> Corsa. I
> could light up the head liners in daytime of the car in front of me. I 
> used to
> hope someone would come up behind me with their high beams on! I would let 
> them
> by & then________!
>
> The airfraft landing lights were so powerfull, that the voltage at the 
> bulb
> would go down to 9 &1/2 volts! I do not remember what the amperage was, 
> but the
> circuit breaker in the light switch would continue to cut in & out during 
> the
> overload! IE, headlights slow flashing with high beams on! Not fun to 
> drive in
> the dark for a few seconds. So, I soldered the circuit breaker in the 
> switch
> closed. I was going to put in a house 15 amp fuse, but never did. All the 
> small
> glass fuses would melt from terminal heat, not load corrent.
>
> Dick in MD
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