Re: [DML] Day Time Running Lights (Amber)

["DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx>]

Rob,

This sounds like a ver good idea, unfortunately, it would be a very
completed modification for the following reason. The front park/directional
lamps are duel filament; low wattage for the parking lights and high wattage
for the directionals. To turn the high wattage circuit on for driving light
applications would simply require additional wiring to each lamp, an
interior mounted switch, and a couple of diodes.

Her is the problem: To allow these lamps to double as driving lights you
would have to build a circuit that would allow the high wattage circuit to
return to normal
whenever the directional or hazard flashers were activated, this would
require some type of processor isolate the different circuits.

"We're here to help you"
DMC Joe / De Lorean Services / <dmcjoe@xxxx>
Web Site: <www.deloreanservices.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: doctor280 <doctor280@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 5:42 AM
Subject: [DML] Day Time Running Lights (Amber)


>
> This question and answer came up on a site, which I was getting some
information from. I thought that this would be a nice safety feature for
our Deloreans, especially for those of us that drive them on a routine
basis.
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>
>
> I am far from being an electrical guru, but I know that there has to be
someone on the list that might just know how or can figure out how to make
this work for our cars. Is anyone willing to take on this project and
sharing the information on how to do it with the list members.
>
>
>
> Robert Starling
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> Vin#5252
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>
>
> Q: I see some of the new vehicles from GM have super-bright parking / turn
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> signal lights instead of using the headlights as DRLs. Is there anything
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> I can do like this on the Impala?
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>
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> A:
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> Those lights actually use 2057 bulbs, which are dimmer both on low and
high
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> filaments than 2357s.
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> The difference is that on the '97 F-cars they wire the turn signals to
work
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> as DRLs (not the parking lights), which means that the 32
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> candlepower bright filament stays on all the time. When you use the turn
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> signal, those applications switch the brighter filament OFF rather than
ON.
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> In other words, if you installed the brighter 2357 bulbs in the F-cars,
the
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> DRLs would be even brighter, since they would be using a 40 cp filament
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> instead of the 32 cp filament they use stock.
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>
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> You could get the same effect on an Impala if you wire the turn
signal/park
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> lamps so the brighter filament comes on with the parking lights. Also you
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> would have to rewire the relay so that it flashes the filament off rather
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> than on when the turn signal is used, just like in the F-cars. Then when
you
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> turn on the park lamps, you'd have the bright DRL style amber lights lit
up
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> just like on the '97 F-cars. That would also give you a "switch able" DRL,
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> that is by using the parking lights you could turn them on. You
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> could also wire it up to come on all the time the car is running.
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> This would be an excellent use for the top Caprice wagon switch added to
the
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> LH side of the dash!
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> If you have to have DRLs, the use of the turn signals would be preferable
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> to the reduced power high beam headlights. They use less power, run up the
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> hours on cheaper bulbs are much less offensive to traffic in
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> front of you, plus they look better and more distinctive as well.
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