17 Oct
2010
17 Oct
'10
8:54 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
In USA, it is called a "dimmer switch" and
"dual beam", and high beams are
NEVER called "main", possibly due to the likelihood that the clueless will
misinterpret that to mean that they should almost ALWAYS be in the "high"
position.
It's just "lights" for dipped beam around here, and "brights" for
mains. How
widespread that is in the rest of the US (or even this state) I'm not sure;
maybe it's just a regional thing.
The filaments in a dual beam "sealed beam"
headlight are not individually
replaceable. If you can intercept one being discarded, the use of the
remaining filament makes it a very handy load for power supply testing.
Indeed. Plus our local farm supply place sells sealed beam lights cheaply, so
there's not likely to be a shortage of them any time soon (well, unless the
government makes up put CFLs in our cars ;)
The dimmer switch is now on the steering column in a
multi-purpose
combination switch that controls enough things that it is not generally
considered to be repairable, in lieu of replaceable.
I remember when the dimmer switch was a button for the left foot.
Yes, our truck has it down by the left foot. On our more modern Toyota it's
one of the 'stalks' on the steering column, which is where I've seen it on
most vehicles in the last 30 years.
JOOI, how many countries other than the US often have vehicles with a parking
brake mounted in the front footwell? Almost always on UK vehicles it was
between the front seats (where it is on some US vehicles, but not so many). I
remember Australia and New Zealand having the same setup as the UK, but I'm
not sure what other countries do...
cheers
Jules