<VV> Instrument Panel lights

[J R Read_HML]

Bill,

I LIKE your thinking on this one!

Let's see, if over the lifetime of a vehicle (1/2 city and 1/2 out of city 
driving) the average speed were around 30mph, those bulbs will be lasting 
(30 X 10,000) around 300,000 miles if ALL the driving were at night.  My 
guess is that only about 1/3 or less of driving occurs with the lights on. 
So, somewhere around the 1,000,000 mile mark would be the life expectancy on 
these bulbs.  That sounds just about right for Corvair owners!

If your average speed comes out closer to 15mph, you are cheating yourself 
out of half a million miles of bulb use!  Drive FASTER!  Save money!

OK, that was enough Shiraz for tonight..   Nighty nite.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris & Bill Strickland" <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Instrument Panel lights


>I see everyone a yakking about this that and the other thing about these 
>bulbs like brightness, cost, melting factor, but don't forget longevity --  
>as I recall the 1895 is an industrial quality bulb rated with a 10,000 hour 
>life -- you might want to check the others before you install -- and maybe 
>I'm not recalling correctly, and you can show me to be in error.
>
> fwiw,
>
> Bill Strickland
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