Re: IML: Better Bulbs?
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Re: IML: Better Bulbs?



There is another bulb to use in place of 1157, that would be 2057, it is brighter and has no adverse heat problems. Dave.
 
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From: Bob Schmitt <bsbrbank@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Dick -
>
> Thanks for the detailed explanation and potential warning. I think
> the taillight bulbs have good spacing from the lense on my '66, but
> will check this before any install.
>
> Using these new bulbs on my other old car ('69 Alfa, if they fit) may
> be more important, as two drivers behind me have told they didn't
> see my brake lights. But they always check out OK, so something is "too dim".
>
> Bob
>
> At 05:36 PM 2/18/2008, you wrote:
> >Note that the P3496 is a conventional wire filament bulb, however, not an
> >LED. It is filled with Krypton gas, which produces a brighter light, so it
> >won't have the instant illumination feature of the LED type bulbs as us ed in
> >some new cars and most big trucks and emergency equipment built in the last
> >few years.
> >
> >The P3496 uses the same amount of current as the 1157 on the brake and turn
> >filament (27 watts each), but almost 3 times the current on the tail light
> >filament, which could cause a heating problem in cars with plastic lenses,
> >especially where the lenses are close to the bulb, because the tail lights
> >are on continuously at night, the brake/turn filaments are only on for a
> >short time. The P3496 tail light filaments produce 8 watts of heat, the
> >original bulbs (1157s) produced only 3 watts each.
> >
> >Dick Benjamin
>
>
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