<VV> Headlamps

[David S Malcolm]

Hugo

I'll second that, it seems we have no regulations for headlights anymore 
except how bright can you make them. It gets worse as you get older and 
have cataracts. Even though I had the surgery for them I hate driving at 
night these days.

David Malcolm

On 4/4/20 4:03 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Since you mention England, there is one simple idea that the United 
> tates would do well to copy from Europe. The very first thing I 
> noticed when I came to Florida was how dazzling car headlamps are.
> I actually flew in on a 747 to Miami, jumped on a rented Harley and 
> rode straight up to Kissimmee, so my first journey was at night. 
> Actually the first thing I noticed was how useless road maps are, and 
> how primitive sign-posting is, compared to Europe. But it took me a 
> while to figure out why it seemed like everybody was driving on high 
> beam.
> In Europe, headlamp lenses have a clever pattern in the glass, and the 
> bulbs have shields on them, so that on low beam, there is a very clear 
> 'cut-off' line, below which everything is illuminated and above which 
> everything is dark. This line slopes upwards to the right (or left in 
> England) so it illuminates the grass verge, and gently slopes down 
> toward the left (or right in England) finally levelling off at a point 
> low enough not to dazzle oncoming cars.
> This beam pattern, together with headlamp aim, is part of the annual 
> safety inspection in Europe. If this was a requiremtn in the States, 
> it would utterly transform night driving.
>
>
> On 2020-04-04 02:32, Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> Funny you should mention that, Jim. In England or "on the Continent"
>> you have to specify which low-beam bulbs/assemblies you want. In
>> England, the low beams drop down and to the left. On the Continent (as
>> in America) the low beams drop to the right.  Low beam sealed units
>> are available either way. Same, really, with the separate housing/bulb
>> units.  -Seth
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Becker via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> To: hugo <hugo at aruncoaches.co.uk>; virtualvairs 
>> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>> Sent: Fri, Apr 3, 2020 5:32 pm
>> Subject: Re: <VV> One Low-Beam Out... Sometimes
>>
>> I thought maybe it should have a bulb with a left hand thread.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2020 5:08 PM
>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Subject: Re:  One Low-Beam Out... Sometimes
>>
>> A bit like SU fuel pumps then ;)
>>
>>
>> On 2020-04-03 21:36, Robert Marlow, Vairtec Corporation via
>> VirtualVairs wrote:
>>> Going back decades, my then-girlfriend had a '66 Monza DD on which
>>> the driver's side low beam lamp sometimes -- not always -- failed to
>>> illuminate.  Subscribing as we did to the Corvair Cheapskate
>>> Philosophy, the solution was to get out of the car, whack the lens
>>> with the side of your fist, and the light would come on.
>>>
>>> This "repair" succeeded each time for the better part of a year
>>> before the lamp finally refused to comply.
>>>
>>> --Bob
>>>
>>> On 4/3/2020 1:08 PM, Michael Mauro via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>>> Re: my 67 coupe... with low-beams selected, right-side low-beam is
>>>> out; when I press the floor switch for high-beam, all four beams
>>>> illuminate. Question... do I need to replace the right-side low beam;
>>>> or, is there a wiring issue? (Of course, if the fix is a new bulb,
>>>> I'll replace both to insure the same amount of illumination). Please
>>>> advise. Thinks!
>>>> Mike Mauro
>>>
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