6 volt lights
 

I have converted most of the lights in my Ford TO 6 VOLT LEDs. They work well and limit power usage. I am' however' still still using the original headlight bulbs and was wondering if anyone could recommend an easy swap for better front lighting.
Thanks to all.
Richard:confused:

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I have 6 volt sealed beams in my '39 and happy with the conversion. Plenty of light for night time diving.

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What year vehicle?

Charlie Stephens

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I'm sorry its a '37 FORD sedan

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Richard, I'm in the exact same situation with my '37. Hope someone knows of a good source for 6V LED headlights or a better option for the lights. Thanks

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What have you done for the tail and stop lights?
thanks Lawrie

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Get a set of Unity 6 volt sealed beam driving lights,your problem is solved!

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I don't mean to hijack the OP's thread, but what I did for my tail and stop lights is I installed 6V LEDs that are dual brightness. Very bright for brakes and somewhat dimmer for tail lights. They fit in the stock lamp housing and work great. I got them from rswhitmore, a Ford Barner. His email is [email protected]. He's a good guy and knows his stuff.

I also installed a third brake red led bar in my rear window. It's called the BrakeLighter. It is made by this company. www.jandlenterprise.com › products
It works great too.

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Thanks Ed
Lawrie

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Good idea Snouts out. Thanks.

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I did some extensive searching for brighter headlight bulbs for 6 volts. LED's as bulb headlights are not produced by anyone, anywhere. Why? I have no idea. It seems that there would be plenty of demand in the 6 volt crowd. Maybe some enterprising entrepreneur will see this thread and go to work!

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What about 6v quartz halogen bulbs? 6v VW beetles used them

GB

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I have some Quartz halogen direct fit refocus base bulbs for my 36 from classic and vintage bulbs, -- there may be other ones , I have seen some made in India but they didn't have consistently positioned filaments, Anthony sets up at Xhershey to sell his bulbs, he also had a sample of a Led headlight bulb sold in England and while it was nicely made it didn't focus well or project a useful beam of light, perhaps if a reflector was designed for it
I have been using Anthony's bulbs in my A for 15 years, brighter than seal beam, fine with the generator (uses less electric than a seal beam, or a 50cp bulb, and so far none of his bulbs have burned out, perhaps because I bought spares too

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Headlight relays work great for they take the load running through your light switch.

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This is the company that I go to (and maybe the same folks Kurt in NJ mentioned) for halogen headlight bulbs that fit directly into the stock Ford headlight sockets on my '35. They are much brighter than any other bulbs that I have previously used that will fit in the stock Ford sockets. I just had one of these halogen headlight bulbs fail on a recent trip and had to install a standard filament type replacement bulb because that's all I had with me. What a huge difference in brightness now between the two headlights. I plan to order more halogen bulbs asap. OBTW, they are not cheap :).

http://www.classicbulbs.com/

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I have 6V halogen bulbs in the stock headlights in a 37 sedan. Along with bulbs I recommend replacement reflectors if your reflectors are tarnished. My lenses were yellowed with age that wouldn't scrub off so I also installed reproduction lenses. The combination of new lenses, reflectors, and halogen bulbs really makes the headlights work. Still looks good unlike the old sealed beam conversions.

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thanks for all the great ideas concerning Headlight improvement.
Richard

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I agree with steves46 i always put light relays close to the headlights and run a # 10 wire from thr starter relay to the relays that way your lightswith only worked the relays. You will have bright lights. You can do this on your tail lights they will be much brighter.

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Brooks, could draw a sketch of your wiring also what kind of relay is being used? I don't really wiring so bear with me. Thanks

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I'm not Brooks! But I have a diagram I drew up a while back if it helps.

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On my 32 I installed 35 Watt Halogen bulbs and new reflectors - they work pretty well and cast a nice wide light pattern for the country roads around me. The stock 18 amp generator would not handle the bulbs without being at a slight discharge, so I did have my generator reworked with an alternator core by EJ Whitney (see link below).

The converted generator is slightly larger in diameter in the case, but one really can't tell. It has a fake cutout on top - you hook up the wires in the normal fashion. I just dropped it in and off I went - great product. It is not a cheap conversion, but just about nothing on my car seems to be cheap anyway (something to do with that damn '32' year :eek:).


http://www.ejwhitneyco.com/automotive.html

Only picture I have of it - not that great but you'll get the idea:

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Coolcoupe, JSeery diagram is what you use. Great dirgram? You can get the relays and pigtails on eBay. Have a great day! Brooks

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Thanks, Brooks and JSeely, just what I needed, even I can fiqure that out !!!

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Sorry, don't mean to change the "Focus" of this thread but for just a moment. Just curious, how many of you who have posted here are running stock, 6 Volt generators with your Halogen headlight bulbs?

I was told that Halogen and sealed beam bulbs will only work properly with the use of Alternators and not generators. Was I misinformed?

Thanks

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Reference post #15 in this thread for the Halogen bulbs I use in stock '35 headlights with stock headlight sockets, an original '35 Ford generator, with a Fun Projects electrictronic voltage regulator that looks like a cutout sitting on top of the generator that's in my Avatar '35 fordor sedan. This is NOT a trailer/garage queen. I have driven this car over 30k miles since I have owned it with these Halogen bulbs installed.
Not sure who is telling you what, but if you talk to the folks who make/sell these bulbs, they will tell you that these particular Halogen bulbs do not draw the high current as the earlier generation Halogen bulbs did. Their website and a contact person is listed on the box pictured in that post.