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1. Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Dave Houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>; Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 14:29:48 +0000; It sure is exciting when you own MG's. One adventure after another. Latest heart-stopper was coming back late from an outing with the 64B. Coming round a country lane I hit the floor dip switch to t; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00276.html (7,409 bytes)
2. RE: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: "Unger, Larry @ MAN" <UNGERL@Reston.UnisysGSG.COM>; Date: Sun, 09 Jun 96 17:05:00 EDT; Let us *ass*u*me* that it is not a short in the wiring harness since you did not blow a fuse ... then it has to be either a loose/bad bullet connector or a bad headlamp dip switch. The dip switch si; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00278.html (9,155 bytes)
3. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: TUSLER%MP050@MPA15AB.MV.UNISYS.COM; Date: 10 JUN 96 09:26; Latest heart-stopper was coming back late from an outing with the 64B. Coming round a country lane I hit the floor dip switch to turn-on my hi-beams and I lost ALL headlights!! Hit it again and got; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00293.html (8,749 bytes)
4. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 02:26:27 +0600; That's something I've noticed too. In eleven years of owning the B, I've yet to have a headlight go out on me. In the same span of time, I've changed each of four headlights on the Crown Vic at least; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00320.html (7,967 bytes)
5. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 23:15:08 -0400; Interesting comment about Lucas headlights....I've have a '73 B for nine years. It still has Lucas headlights which I assume are the originals. I believe the car has 160,000+ miles on it. They did m; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00330.html (7,687 bytes)
6. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Marc Steinberg <marc@crl.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 04:55:05 -0700 (PDT); I, too, have the original Lucas lamps in my '63 B, which has, lessee here, something like 218,000 miles on it. Unfortunately, my run-in with a cement retaining wall has necessitated the replacement o; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00339.html (7,833 bytes)
7. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: BLECKSTEIN@SHELL.MONMOUTH.COM; Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:48:29 -0400; anyone know the orgin of this term? Its been around for fifty years. Mike Leckstein; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00342.html (7,917 bytes)
8. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: swilliams@media-net.net (Williams, Scott); Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 08:26:11; The first thing I do when I hit a British Car junk yard is go for the Lucas headlights. I ahd been buying them for about $5.00 a piece a few years back. By the way, if you look on the back of the lam; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00344.html (8,643 bytes)
9. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 09:05:47 -0700 (PDT); Aha, that explains the unusual longevity! :) You are correct, Osram is a quality (german) bulb maufacturer. Ulix __/__,__ ________/____,,_______ ................... (_o____o_) ..... (___ O _________; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00355.html (8,470 bytes)
10. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 14:11:23 -0400; Sorry to burst everyone's bubble but it is not good Lucas bulb design but poor Lucas electrical design that keep you bulb burning. Bulbs are designed to have a certain life at a certain wattage. The; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00379.html (9,577 bytes)
11. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Glenn Schnittke <glenns@edge.ercnet.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 20:59:21 -0500 (CDT); I was wondering about that... I figured it was because the lamps were never getting full voltage. Glenn "Me? Cynical?" Schnittke -- Schmaltzando = A glissando with grease. Preferably chicken. Glenn; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00461.html (8,823 bytes)
12. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Glen Eldridge <glenel@infobahnos.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 15:20:40 -0400; Mark et al., From the depths of my rusty store of electrical formulae, I seem to remember that watts divided by volts equals amps. Given that is so, if the voltage drops for a given wattage of lamp,; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00486.html (9,646 bytes)
13. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Len Bugel <bugel@miranda.fnal.gov>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 13:10:38 +0000; While your rusty store is correct, the assumption that the wattage of the bulb remains constant is at fault. The wattage rating is at some particular voltage - 12V in this case. What does remain cons; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00490.html (10,323 bytes)
14. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Robert J Donahue/DELCO <RJDONAHU@mail.delcoelect.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 13:35:50 +0000; Incandesent lamps draw a nearly constant current independent of voltage. This is because their resistance changes with temperature. The hotter the filament gets, the higher their resistance gets. Th; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00494.html (10,504 bytes)
15. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:38:17 -0400; Let's take a walk back to physics class. Three things you need to remember are: 1) F=MA 2) V=IR 3) You can't push with a rope. that Power = Volts * Amps. For a 100 Watt 12 Volt bulb that would be ab; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00511.html (9,280 bytes)
16. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:42:28 -0400 (EDT); Glen, Uh, so when your battery is dead as a doornail, the infinite current should burn up all the wires in the car? You've got me mumbling to myself. Formulae aside, the real reason all those old Luc; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00513.html (9,203 bytes)
17. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: SimmsTV@aol.com; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 19:32:41 -0400; but if there is now a new resistor in the circuit (formerly a connector) and if V=IR, could the current drop, rather than increase, thus extending bulb life... as well as ensuringthat you "wont drive; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00519.html (7,996 bytes)
18. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: arm@unix.infoserve.net (Ross MacPherson); Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 17:14:29 -0700; Sorry Glen, but .... don't quit your day job. The only fixed value in the circuit we're talking about is the resistance of the filament in the lamp. Power (watts) in a purely resisitive circuit (lik; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00520.html (9,838 bytes)
19. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:52:47 -0400; Jurras, Never the less, I am still very pleased with my original 25 year old and functioning Lucas headlights as well as the 25 year old MGB that carries them. These cars turn many heads of all ages; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00522.html (9,279 bytes)
20. Re: Lights out!! (score: 1): Author: Glen Eldridge <glenel@infobahnos.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 22:09:22 -0400; SimmsTV, whoever you are, and everyone else; O.K., you guys(and gals), I have had my ignorance paraded on this list enough for one day. Yes, I now know what Ohm's law is. YES, I will remember it in f; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00528.html (8,225 bytes)

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