Tom, Not so....maybe American divers of old British cars called them all
driving lights, but British drivers of British cars called them 'spot lights'
[pencil beam] or fog lights [fan beam]. I rallied as a kid at college in
England.
Quite simply the Brits say that all lights are for 'driving'.
Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8 RNBmail at yahoo.com
--- On Wed, 11/23/11, Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:
> From: Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Driving lights
> To: "F Ronald Rader" <f.ronald.rader at gmail.com>, "Oudesluys"
<coudesluijs at chello.nl>
> Cc: "List Healey" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 5:32 AM
> I think owners of old Brit cars used
> the term "driving lights" to indicate the extra lights
> mounted up front long before the "modern" car "driving
> light" term came about.
>
> So---to me, with reference to old Brit cars, the separate
> large lights on them were "driving lights".
>
> tom
>
> ---- Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl>
> wrote:
>
> =============
> I think there is some confusion about various types of
> lights.
> It depends how you define the various terms.
> In my view (but others may differ):
>
> -Town lights (USA) are the small front lights, often
> combined with
> indicator lights, or incorporated in the headlights.
> Usually 5W. They
> are switched on together with the rear lights.
> -Side lights (USA) are the lights front and rear on the
> front and rear
> wings on the side of a car. They are switched on together
> with the lights.
> -Side lights (EU/UK) are the lights referred to as town
> lights in the
> USA, see above.
> -Driving lights are separate front lights that are used
> during driving
> at all time, day and night, like e.g. in Sweden. They are
> switched on as
> soon as you switch on the ignition. Modern cars have them
> now as LED
> lights. They are more intense than town or side lights and
> are used on
> their own (no rear lights) if the other lights are not in
> use. Sometimes
> they are switched of automaticly when the head lights are
> on.
> -Spot lights are long range high intensity lights
> (blinding) and should
> only be used in combination with high beam, as is laid down
> in law in
> many states/countries. Often referred to as driving lights
> in the USA.
> -Fog lights are short broad range high intensity lights
> (non blinding)
> and should only be used with dimmed headlights or town
> lights. Only for
> use in dense fog. Often illegal when visibility is more
> than 200
> meters/yards.
>
> Spot and Fog lights should be wired in using relays.
>
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
>
> Op 22-11-2011 23:51, F Ronald Rader schreef:
> > Fred,
> >> Do use a relay. I tie mine to the high beams
> so they come on while hi beam
> >> is on.
> > and I have a switch so that i can have the driving
> lights on or off w
> > the high beams, but they only work w the high beams
> on. ron rader
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