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Re: [Healeys] non-Healey puzzle

To: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com
Subject: Re: [Healeys] non-Healey puzzle
From: Richard Ewald via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:56:21 -0700
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Does the solonoid  move the bulb?  If it does I suspect it changes how the l=
ight hits the reflector and thus gives you a dipped/main beam.=20
The fact that the headlight on has 2 wires=20
Supports this as well as it is fitted on the left (away from on coming traff=
ic)
Rick
Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 10, 2020, at 9:58 AM, simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BF
> Does it, or did it ever, have after-market bulbs which would have fried it=
s tender wiring? Plainly, not modern ones=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6but something whi=
ch, by the standards of the time, actually produced some illumination but at=
 the cost of too many amps=E2=80=A6..
> If the two headlights are connected, which I=E2=80=99m pretty sure they mu=
st be, that might explain why there=E2=80=99s only one solenoid ie relay=E2=80=
=A6..
> I am NOT much of an electrician to be sure, but that=E2=80=99d be my first=
 suspicion.
> Simon
> =20
> From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of S.Carr via Hea=
leys
> Sent: 10 August 2020 18:36
> To: healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Healeys] non-Healey puzzle
> =20
> My mechanic (theoretically retired but who takes the occasional job that n=
obody else around here will touch) is working on a Jaguar SS-100.  The RH (d=
river=E2=80=99s) side headlamp is =E2=80=9Cnormal=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 two wir=
es.  What on earth is this contraption on the LH headlamp? He=E2=80=99s neve=
r seen a headlamp with a solenoid and these other bits. ( I once had a late-=
=E2=80=9830s MG-SA and I don=E2=80=99t remember the headlamps having anythin=
g like this!)
> =20
> TIA,
> Sarah Carr
> BN1 in PA
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Does the solonoid &nbsp;move the bulb? &nbs=
p;If it does I suspect it changes how the light hits the reflector and thus g=
ives you a dipped/main beam.&nbsp;<div>The fact that the headlight on has 2 w=
ires&nbsp;<br>Supports this as well as it is fitted on the left (away from o=
n coming traffic)</div><div>Rick<br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Aug 10, 2020, at 9:58 AM=
, simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockq=
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oNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Does it, or did it ever,=
 have after-market bulbs which would have fried its tender wiring? Plainly, n=
ot modern ones=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6but something which, by the standards of the=
 time, actually produced some illumination but at the cost of too many amps=E2=
=80=A6..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fare=
ast-language:EN-US">If the two headlights are connected, which I=E2=80=99m p=
retty sure they must be, that might explain why there=E2=80=99s only one sol=
enoid ie relay=E2=80=A6..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span s=
tyle=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I am NOT much of an electrician to be su=
re, but that=E2=80=99d be my first suspicion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Simon<o:p></o:p></spa=
n></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p=
>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #E1E=
1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D=
"EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US"> Healeys &lt;healeys-bounces@au=
tox.team.net&gt; <b>On Behalf Of </b>S.Carr via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> 10 A=
ugust 2020 18:36<br><b>To:</b> healeys &lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;<br><b>=
Subject:</b> [Healeys] non-Healey puzzle<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p=
 class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D=
"EN-US">My mechanic (theoretically retired but who takes the occasional job t=
hat nobody else around here will touch) is working on a Jaguar SS-100.&nbsp;=
 The RH (driver=E2=80=99s) side headlamp is =E2=80=9Cnormal=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93=
 two wires.&nbsp; What on earth is this contraption on the LH headlamp? He=E2=
=80=99s never seen a headlamp with a solenoid and these other bits. ( I once=
 had a late-=E2=80=9830s MG-SA and I don=E2=80=99t remember the headlamps ha=
ving anything like this!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span l=
ang=3D"EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D=
"EN-US">TIA,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US=
">Sarah Carr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US=
">BN1 in PA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"=
><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><di=
v>&lt;image001.jpg&gt;</div></span><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></=
p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p=
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N-US"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US=
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