neilly
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So, Whilst checking over the 90 ready for its MOT the other day, I was making sure all lights worked as they should.
One of the rear red light covers was showing its age, So having a spare which I got at Newbury a couple of years ago i tiwas a quick change over. Due to a fit siiue between the old bulb holder and the new lens I chnaged over the whole unit. At the time i thought it was strange that the light was still not that bright, but moved onto other things.
Today , I decided to investigate a bit further, I found the bulb was a 24V bulb. When I checked all the other spare lights I had bought at the same time, ( Indicators / rear light and side light) I found all of them fitted with 24V bulbs. A few of them were fitted to the car, makes sense now as to why I thought the lights were a bit dull.
Changed over to 12V. Well they do seem brighter. Ddi not think to check the bulbs fitted in the lights purchased at Newbury....
Cheers
One of the rear red light covers was showing its age, So having a spare which I got at Newbury a couple of years ago i tiwas a quick change over. Due to a fit siiue between the old bulb holder and the new lens I chnaged over the whole unit. At the time i thought it was strange that the light was still not that bright, but moved onto other things.
Today , I decided to investigate a bit further, I found the bulb was a 24V bulb. When I checked all the other spare lights I had bought at the same time, ( Indicators / rear light and side light) I found all of them fitted with 24V bulbs. A few of them were fitted to the car, makes sense now as to why I thought the lights were a bit dull.
Changed over to 12V. Well they do seem brighter. Ddi not think to check the bulbs fitted in the lights purchased at Newbury....
Cheers