<VV> Red Lights and Gages

[jimster1]

Actually, when I converted my dash to all VDO instruments, I beat the bushes
pretty well to improve the oomph of these lights.  I settled on a pair of
fat LED's in their own enclosure and mounted them really exposed in the
instrument buckets.  Even so, with the top down, they are not eye catching.
The screech of the tooter is.
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 4:48 PM
To: jimster1 at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: <VV> Red Lights and Gages

I was only half serious.  The alarm sounds like (pun?) a good idea.  But, if

they are as dim as you described, there may be some resistance in the wiring

stealing away some of the power.  Most likely at a connector or in the bulb 
sockets.

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jimster1" <jimster1 at earthlink.net>
To: "'J R Read_HML'" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 6:44 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Red Lights and Gages


> The bulbs would have to megawatt bright to compete with the sun shining on
> them.
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J R Read_HML [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net]
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 4:35 PM
> To: jimster1 at earthlink.net; 'FrankCB'; 'Smitty Smith';
> virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Red Lights and Gages
>
> OR... you could see what fresh bulbs would do for you... <GRIN>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jimster1" <jimster1 at earthlink.net>
> To: "'FrankCB'" <frankcb at aol.com>; "'Smitty Smith'"
> <vairologist at verizon.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Red Lights and Gages
>
>
>> Gents,
>> How does this sound?  I've noticed that the warning lights in my Corsa
>> convertible are so dim as to be invisible, daylight or top down, they are
>> hopeless.  So I concluded that they conveyed vital information regarding
>> oil
>> pressure as well as whether the belt is still turning the alternator
>> (fan).
>> So I devised a circuit that would sound a screeching piezo alarm horn in
>> the
>> event that either came on when the car was running.
>
>> Jim
>>
>
>