17 Oct
2010
17 Oct
'10
2 p.m.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Tony Duell wrote:
Often the 'high beams' are known as 'main
beams' over here. As opposed to
'dipped beams/headlights'. The swtich to select between them is the
'dipper switch' or 'dip swtich'. The original (trade?) name for a twin
filamanet headlight bulb was a 'double dipper'.
Incidentally, what word would you generally used for 'dazzled'?
"blinded".
Unfortunately, the lack of differentiation between "flash blindness" and
permanent damage has led to many people believing that thousands of people
have permanently lost their eyesight due to laser pointers.
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.
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.
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.