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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:18:21 -0400
From: Daniel Stern Lighting <dasternnopsamheadlamp.net>
Subject: Re: E-code Headlamps


On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Marc wrote: > safeamgarynopsamcom (SAFEAMGARY) wrote: > >I am looking at upgrading my current headlamps. I drive a 95 SAAB 900 > Where do you find e-codes on the web? Well, I handle all different sorts of them right here at my place. > How much are they? $206/side, here, for the Saab 900 built 7/93 and later. Original-Equipment (Valeo-Cibie) lamps only; I don't handle off-brand or generic "aftermarket" stuff. > When you go to 110 watts, you need to redo the wiring. And add relays. http://lighting.mbz.org/tech/how_to/relays has full-color diagrams and explanatory text of how to do this. > The stock wiring may have problems, Just such a problem got dragged in to the local auto salvage place last week. '92 Saab 900s Turbo. Charcoal where the front fascia wiring and much of the front half of the engine wiring used to be, pools and rivers of melted plastic where the left half of the dash used to be. The owner thought it would be nifty to use overwattage bulbs in the headlamps and fog lamps (I pulled the bulbs out of the car and looked...100W and 80W headlamp bulbs, 110W fog lamp bulb remains in the melted plastic fog lamps). The wrong fuse rating had also been used, presumably after the overwattage bulbs kept burning out regular fuses. You tell people again and again that wiring meant for 27 to 60 Watts is not up to the task of handling 85 to 130 Watts, and they *STILL* just have to try it themselves and find out the expensive way. It could have something to do with all the fast-buck artists selling 3rd-world, low-quality overwattage bulbs and dismissing any concerns about lamp damage or wire fires, 'cause to acknowledge such concerns might cost them a sale. > and you should check if the lamps themselves show problems like > melting. Putting overwattage bulbs in small fog lamps like the ones on the Saab 900 is a counterproductive and generally bad idea, anyhow. It's not a solution to the problem, and it creates a bunch of new ones. --Daniel TO WRITE TO ME: Remove the "headlamp" from my return address. .___STERN LIGHTING CONSULTATION.____. | http://lighting.mbz.org | --- dastern "at" vrx "dot" net Automotive Lighting and Signalling Consultation NBCS b5f+wg+rp

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