<VV> Headlamps

Sat Apr 4 09:04:00 EDT 2020

And up near Mousetown (Disney) there are neon lights of every colour 
all over the place. It can be a challenge to pick out which one of all 
the red lights in the distance is a traffic signal!

On 2020-04-04 13:09, David S Malcolm via VirtualVairs wrote:
> 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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