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Re: Daytime Running lights

To: "Walton Curl" <wcurl@mail.mcg.edu>
Subject: Re: Daytime Running lights
From: David Nock <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:49:44 -0800
We now have a Zenon headlight that has a built in daytime driving  
light as part of the the lamp. There is a small halogen bulb inside  
the headlamp that can be wired up to the green wire to the turn  
signals and the lights will come on when ever the key is on.



David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Oct 28, 2006, at 5:51 AM, Walton Curl wrote:

> Has anyone tried the daytime running lights from VB?  I installed  
> it on
> my MGB, very easy to do,  and it actually works quite well, works
> through a relay switch to the High Beams and dims them, has a delay so
> that lights turn off after 15 seconds or so, and , importantly, I  
> didn't
> fry my wiring harness!  However, I read somewhere that using these  
> on a
> car with a generator (my 60 BT7) would probably not be  good idea  
> due to
> the current/voltage drain.  The other thing I was curious about, if
> anyone has set one up, have they figured out how to hook the tail  
> lights
> into the circuit.  Modern cars seem to only turn on the headlights,  
> but
> it would be nice to have the tails on too I would think.  Thanks.
>
> Walt Curl
> 60 BT.
> 72 MGB
> 58 MGA




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