It was a very small black car, open topped. I think it was an Austin. Him and his pal shared it. His nephew -- my uncle -- fitted the flashing indicators and also an electric klaxon. He was into that sort of thing as a teenager. He was always rigging up telephones etc and he installed lights upstairs in the house because it only had them downstairs.
A peculiarity of the house was that the mortar was black and conductive.
Bill
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I have also found that flashing front lights can be difficult to identify for their position, they shut off before the viewer has been able to identify their location, only to come back on ready to blind the viewer. The effect is worse the faster the flash rate.
I'll have The Ride of the Valkyries, volume linked to the throttle pedal! :-)
As I said last time this came up, this is a DIY group, so in addition to the Woolworth's socket, you shouldn't leave out the mention of making your own parking light from a bit of bent tin can, a fish paste jar, a bulb holder and a red sweet wrapper.
Chris
How does anyone with hearing difficulties get used to quiet cars = and don't say get a hearing aid.
Pretty much like a British car then...
lazy boy, make your own bulbholder. 4 screws in a lump of wood works for screw-in bulbs.
NT
ROTFL, very enterprising.
I assume these parking lights went out of fashion as batteries improved and facilities to leave two of the side lights on came along. I half remember a car with that ability.
I can't remember the last time I saw a car parked anywhere with a light on.
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I have that problem with the red flashing lights on unlit roads. I can know there is a bike ahead, but with no idea of how far away it is.
...which will become unscrewed with the vibration of the car (when it's moving, of course).
The legal requirement changed for them. Probably when street lighting was left on all night.
we have no street lights - never had them - and, since 2001, a 30mph speed limit.
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Which bit of "1.5" do you not understand?
But you don't know.
Which is consistent with what I said in the first place.
Not a permanent magnet? Seem odd when the aim is to reduce power consumption.
Chris
probably in series with the bulb
NT
You had to be holding it when you unplugged it. I suspect this was so it didn't get stuck in its storage position.
Phew. Like drawing teeth.
Glad you've finally admitted that saying a 1.5 had twin carbs was just you trying to hype it up, then?
it fitted with flashing indicators?
Flashing bike lights aren't illegal but not having one that is on all the time when its dark is. You need two sets if you want flashing ones.
Not a problem as you switch it on and off by unscrewing the bulb.
Where there is nothing but a canbus to the indicator stalk it's all done by the electronics. The contacts only connect to the self contained electronics in the stalk that spew out messages to the body electronics controller that interprets them according to the vehicle config loaded at manufacture and activates the appropriate mosfet or relay.
That also enables things like 'smart' flash modes like three flashes for a momentary activation of the stalk, and manual cancelling by a second activation in the same direction plus things like light your drive mode for say 30 seconds with a headlights flash just after ignition off.
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