and sometimes they will buzz when switched on.
moan #2 - dimmable or not
Oct 19, 2019
Last reply: 6 years ago
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Dim-Dip was around before the existed. I fitted the necessary to my 1965 Anglia.
Are you saying dim-dip headlamps were a *good* idea? Because that article suggests British reps foisted the idea on an EU committee in
1975, as a recommendation rather than a directive, and none but the British adopted them. The EU standards people rapidly decided it was a silly idea and within a decade stopped the Brittish using them. One up to EU common sense, in my view!
Many years ago I had a Toyota Supra with pop up headlights which had (IIRC)
4 settings.Side light
Dim dip
Dip
Full
Fitting (again IIRC) 100W bulbs made the dim dip very useful in built up areas.
Cheers
Dave R
Made the GU10 sockets slightly too small for the dimmable bulbs to fit in. ? Although sometimes other makes will fit. Also some have single blue LEDs for decoration and can't be dimmed.
I've never had a car with that, so only ever seen blackened bulbs on normal dipped headlights.
The most common cars you saw with those dimmed headlight at one time round here were black cabs - and they used the older sealed beam Lucas units, not halogen.
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