Re: Updating old headlight bulbs

Posted by Peter Packard On 2018/1/8 1:06:36

G'day all, Just a cautionary note on the use of LED bulbs. I have fitted these to the tail lights of the 1608 Barrymore wheelchair accessible and they are excellent. However they do require good connections and will not fire under approx. 4.6 V. They are also Polarity sensitive and the South Australian bloke is very familiar with Packard Pos earth polarity. They are also very directional from behind and do not give quite as good a beam spread as a conventional Tungsten bulb, so are not as bright from 45 degree left or Right of the bulb. Still a very good investment as it allows better usuage of your generator capacity. This is particulary important with some of the earlier Packards with 12 - 15 amp generators.

All the best to everyone for 2018 and love the Site.

Peter Toet