XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: Nospam@invalid.com   
      
   rbowman wrote:   
   > On 11/28/2020 02:13 PM, Steve W. wrote:   
   >> micky wrote:   
   >>> In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 28 Nov 2020 06:18:47 -0600, Vic Smith   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:13:08 -0500, micky    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:05:44 -0600, Hank   
   >>>>> Rogers   
   >>>>>> Remember when we had sealed beam headlights? Plain, cheap Glass.   
   >>>>> And they never burned out.    Though I decided to get fancy and I   
   >>>>> replaced them once with halogen, and those did burn out.   
   >>>> Your memory of sealed beams is different than mine.   
   >>>   
   >>> Well maybe I didn't drive as much as I could have.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>> Besides replacing a few on my own   
   >>>> cars, I saw many "one-eyed" cars on the road.  That's a rare sight   
   >>>> nowadays.   
   >>>   
   >>> But I drive less now than I did then, and I was one-eyed twice   
   >>> in the   
   >>> last two years.    Occasionally when I'm facing something   
   >>> reflective, a   
   >>> store window, certain cars, I test my headlights but I don't   
   >>> know how   
   >>> long they had been out.   There are enough street lights here that   
   >>> unless I go to the next town at night, I can't tell by how well   
   >>> I can   
   >>> see.   
   >>   
   >> The trade off with modern lighting is that to get brighter   
   >> lighting with   
   >> the smaller reflectors used they run the bulbs at a higher   
   >> voltage than   
   >> they used to. So an older sealed beam may have been tagged as a   
   >> 12 volt.   
   >> but the filament was set up to run at 14 or higher. So the sealed   
   >> beams   
   >> tended to last a while, unless they were the cheap ones and in poor   
   >> mountings.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Also one fog light burned out. Will the police stop you for   
   >>> that?  I   
   >>> guess, if allowed, it would make a good excuse and they like to   
   >>> stop   
   >>> people.   
   >>   
   >> Nope, fog lights are not required lighting. They can stop you for   
   >> headlights, tail brake (although technically the laws state you   
   >> need two   
   >> rear facing brake lights so if the CHMSL is working they cannot   
   >> give you   
   >> a ticket for one out UNLESS it is also the turn lamp) And these   
   >> days for   
   >> not having them on in the rain.   
   >>   
   >   
   > A different situation: I'd bought an old Dodge pickup where someone   
   > with big truck envy had installed clearance lights on the cab.   
   > According to New Hampshire law while they certainly weren't   
   > required if they were there they had to work.   
   >   
   >   
      
   So, remove them. Caulk the holes with RTV silicon.   
      
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