? L E D taillights
If you have regular tail, stop, turm taillights, can they be changed over to plug & play lights
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Lots of good info here and let me add some more and some comments.
I like Super Bright Led's as well as a supplier. also ECO-Led but COSTLY (about 20 bucks a pop)
Yes adding the resistor offsets the energy savings but .. Leds trend to outlast regular lamps too...
There are two (or more) types of flashers. ONE is not very senistive to load (These are often sold as HEAVY DUTY they flash at about the same speed with 1 lamp 2, or 5.. Others are load sensitive.
The difference (observable) is a short delay between SWITCH and LIGHT on the HD
I know why
Now we get to the how fast they light.. Did not know that. Good info.
BUT one thing I observe is (And I'm sorry about wording it this way but. alas, Cant' resist) a LACK of Social Distancing.
I was taught to follow one car length for every 20 MPH or about 1 foot for every MPH.. Later it was changed to "The distance you travel in 2 seconds" and later increased to 3 and even more if the road is less than clear dry pavement.
What I see at 60 mph, is cars so close together as they pass me I look for a tow bar.. I'm not kidding.. I know there is a little brown car that follows my big brown motor home at serious "Tailgate" distance. but there is a physical connection (TOW BAR) When I see cars doing that on the freway without tow bars..
I recall one day at work. We got calls of a stove on the road (S/B I-75 north of Caniff, Detroit, MI) NO, not there.
Also not north of Davison
FOUND IT< north of McNichols (6 Mile 2 miles north of Caniff) 2nd lane.
We watched cars approach (NOTE We are sitting down at the Lodge and howard miles from there. using remotely controlled cameras. More on that later) approach 2 or 3 at at time all at "Tow bar" seperation.
The first guy changes lanes at the last second
The rest underwear
Finally a group of 3 cars and a pick up
First car changes lanes at last second
Second underwear
Fairly Sure #3 tapped the bumper on #2
Pick up does not stop, Does not slow down. Place kicks that stove a good quarter mile down the road (now south of McNichols) and onto the shoulder.
Called off responding troopers, Called county back and scheduled pick up for daytime (Instead of overtime).
Now about those cameras the "Boondoggle" as one reporter called 'em.
Without the cameras, due to a special event, the troopers would have NEVER found that stove.. They would have flipped most likely at McNichols (South of it) and headed back south. So this is but one example where the cameras were effective.. I have a lot of 'em.
I like Super Bright Led's as well as a supplier. also ECO-Led but COSTLY (about 20 bucks a pop)
Yes adding the resistor offsets the energy savings but .. Leds trend to outlast regular lamps too...
There are two (or more) types of flashers. ONE is not very senistive to load (These are often sold as HEAVY DUTY they flash at about the same speed with 1 lamp 2, or 5.. Others are load sensitive.
The difference (observable) is a short delay between SWITCH and LIGHT on the HD
I know why
Now we get to the how fast they light.. Did not know that. Good info.
BUT one thing I observe is (And I'm sorry about wording it this way but. alas, Cant' resist) a LACK of Social Distancing.
I was taught to follow one car length for every 20 MPH or about 1 foot for every MPH.. Later it was changed to "The distance you travel in 2 seconds" and later increased to 3 and even more if the road is less than clear dry pavement.
What I see at 60 mph, is cars so close together as they pass me I look for a tow bar.. I'm not kidding.. I know there is a little brown car that follows my big brown motor home at serious "Tailgate" distance. but there is a physical connection (TOW BAR) When I see cars doing that on the freway without tow bars..
I recall one day at work. We got calls of a stove on the road (S/B I-75 north of Caniff, Detroit, MI) NO, not there.
Also not north of Davison
FOUND IT< north of McNichols (6 Mile 2 miles north of Caniff) 2nd lane.
We watched cars approach (NOTE We are sitting down at the Lodge and howard miles from there. using remotely controlled cameras. More on that later) approach 2 or 3 at at time all at "Tow bar" seperation.
The first guy changes lanes at the last second
The rest underwear
Finally a group of 3 cars and a pick up
First car changes lanes at last second
Second underwear
Fairly Sure #3 tapped the bumper on #2
Pick up does not stop, Does not slow down. Place kicks that stove a good quarter mile down the road (now south of McNichols) and onto the shoulder.
Called off responding troopers, Called county back and scheduled pick up for daytime (Instead of overtime).
Now about those cameras the "Boondoggle" as one reporter called 'em.
Without the cameras, due to a special event, the troopers would have NEVER found that stove.. They would have flipped most likely at McNichols (South of it) and headed back south. So this is but one example where the cameras were effective.. I have a lot of 'em.
