Re: Lights (fog and otherwise)

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Alan Cordeiro wrote:

> When, where, how can we all get these great bulbs that give 80%
> more light for the SAME WATTAGE.

Alan,

	A little while ago, I got my hands on a set of GM's HID bulbs for 
the '97 STS.  They produce quite a bit more light than a typical Halogen 
low beam, yet they only draw 1 (yes, one) amp of current at 12V.  
Furthermore, they are relatively tolerant of voltage fluctuations.  They 
produce almost the smae light at 10V as they do at 14V.  Probably because 
they have a high voltge transformer, that acts like a voltage reegulator.

Later,								
Graydon D. Stuckey								
graydon@apollo.gmi.edu								
'86 Audi 5000 CS Turbo Quattro, GDS Racing Stage II				
'85 Mazda RX7 GS 12A-leaning-towards-a-13B-soon