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08-01-2022, 07:45 PM | #1 |
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6 volt directional bulb
What is the brightest 6 volt bulb I can buy. My lights look good in the garage but not good in the Florida sun20211102_160557.jpg
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08-01-2022, 09:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: 6 volt directional bulb
I was referring to turn signals, not head lights.
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That's not my experience. I wanted the brightest lights available for my turn signals and i am back to 21W incandescent lights. Don't forget that it's not only about lumen but also about direction of light.
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I was going to suggest LEDs [board type not replacement]or the highest candle power incandescents you can find.
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Paint the inside of the light bucket with appliance white paint, I did a test by cleaning and shining the inside of tea cup lights, then silver paint, and then appliance white. The white was much brighter to your eyes ! LED’s lights are directional, incandescent bulbs through the light every which way and that’s why the white paint works
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08-02-2022, 11:29 AM | #8 |
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They do make LEDs with a 360° viewing angle now.
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08-03-2022, 11:19 AM | #9 |
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I hope your turn signals are wired to use the brake light bulb as the turn signal. If they aren't wired that way the brake light will wash out the turn signal.
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08-03-2022, 06:21 PM | #11 |
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A lot depends on the type of socket on incandescent bulbs. The 1154 was a common dual element bulb for 6-volt park/tail - turn/brake type bulbs with B-8 shape and DC index type socket. Candle power on high is 21.
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When I have been driving in the US I found the system there very confusing. It also depends on when you glance at a car whether the brake lights are on or one is out of action. Here, turn signals front and back must be amber in colour leaving no room for confusion. Back to the OP. I was going to suggest LEDs but I understand the problem of directionality. Maybe you paint the inside of the light white and face the LED globe backwards so that the light going through the lens appears to come from the whole of the body. I know a guy who did that with his brake light shining on the pale coloured back of hi scar. The whole back glowed red - an interesting but maybe not legal idea.
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Our Model A tail lights have an all red lens. https://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/p...6617&cat=41728 Brake lights are to be red, not yellow - that's for turn signals.
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If the directional signal unit being used is designed to use older style incandescent lamps the flasher typically used will be of the thermal type. This flasher is an electro-mechanical device that uses a coil and a bi-metal strip to alternately power the lamps. Conventional incandescent lamps consume a large amount of power (wattage) which the flasher is designed to handle. Replacing the incandescent lamps with LED's will cause the flasher to not work. This is caused by the large difference in power consumption for these 2 types of lamps. Incandescent lamps consume more watts than LED's, i.e. watts vs. milliwatts. In order to use the older style turn signal unit with LED's requires adding a resistor to the circuit as a way of compensating for the differences in power consumption. I would recommend buying a turn signal that is compatible with LED's.
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On some of the LED circuits I've looked at recently, the resistors are placed in parallel with only the rear lamps. One end of the resistor is on the power lead to the rear tail lamp and the other end goes to the common ground plane. They are a pretty big resistor at 6 to 8 Ohms 50 Watts. According to current draw checks during function of these systems, the current draw is still a lot less than the current draw of the old standard incandescent type bulbs so the car's system will still benefit from using LEDs.
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