<VV> - illegal lights in Corvairs

[FrankCB at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/26/06 2:25:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, tonyu at roava.net 
writes:
I noticed that yesterday while I was being followed by the '67 500 
coupe that its headlights were rather yellowish and not as bright as 
the rest of the  headlights out there. 
Tony,
    FIRST, check that the voltage fed to the lights is around 14 volts.  If 
it's much under that, the lighting will appear yellowish.  If you're still 
using a stock mechanical type voltage regulator, the system voltage can be 
anywhere from 12 to 16+ depending on the condition of the points in the regulator.  
If the voltage is too far above 14.5 then the bulbs will burn brightly, but not 
too long as the life of the filaments is shortened.
    Frank "using halogen bulbs" Burkhard