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- From: cbh@windsurf.scd.ucar.edu (Cris Hannu)
- Subject: Re: wattage
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.145042.5779@ncar.ucar.edu>
- Sender: news@ncar.ucar.edu (USENET Maintenance)
- Reply-To: cbh@windsurf.scd.ucar.edu (Cris Hannu)
- Organization: NCAR / Scientific Computing Division, Boulder CO.
- References: <kelley.713508186@cwis> <1992Aug11.154208.15915@ncar.ucar.edu> <5443@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.boeing.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:50:42 GMT
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- In article <5443@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.boeing.com>, simnet@ssc-vax.boeing.com (Mark R Poulson) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug11.154208.15915@ncar.ucar.edu>, cbh@windsurf.scd.ucar.edu (Cris Hannu) writes:
- > > In article <kelley.713508186@cwis>, kelley@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sean Kelley) writes:
- > > > okay, here is what i think to be a stupic question...but I need an
- > > > answer...i was in an auto part store looking for driving lights...and I
- > > > saw that they sold different wattage bulbs for the lights..all I need to
- > > > know, what is the wattage of a normal hallogen head light...that way I
- > > > know what driving lights to get...
- > > >
- > > 55 watts is the *legal* maximum for street use.
- >
- > Correct answer, but this is not the question that Sean asked.
-
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ yes, this goes for halogen also (dual filament bulbs)
- >
- > Old car headlights are 55 watts, the halogen ones are 35 watts. Both produce
-
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ he specified halogen. ^^^^^^^^ you can get
- halogen bulbs (like mine) as 85/115's (for my Hella z-beams) not just 35's,
- hence (I assume) Seans question about the wattage.
-
- > roughly the same amount of light, although the halogen lamp produces whiter
- > light. Any law that regulates light output by wattage is simply stupid.
-
- I agree ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Cris
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