<VV> Aircraft Landing Lights for Corvair Headlights!

[JVHRoberts@aol.com]

What you REALLY needed to do is add a pair of relays, with their own fuses, 
and a big fat feeder back to the battery. You'd be amazed at the improvement in 
brightness! Remember, incandescent bulbs have an output that goes with the 
3.5 power of the voltage. Meaning, a 1 volt increase an automotive headlamp will 
produce a 32% increase in brightness! In your case, going from 9.5 volts to 
13.6 volts will increase the brightness by 350%!! 


In a message dated 2/1/2005 10:03:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
dickbolt@his.com writes:
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