Opinions on Map Lights?

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Carl S
Chevy Blazer third brake light. Its an array of red LED lights, quite bright, and already set up for 12v. You could cut it in half, cut a slot into some rollcage padding and have two don barrows lights for $10. A dimmer is recommended to set the light level.

Hey, I could just use the third brake light that came on the Golf. I'm pretty sure it was LED too, and it's definitely not going back in the hatch.

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Carl S
Chevy Blazer third brake light. Its an array of red LED lights, quite bright, and already set up for 12v. You could cut it in half, cut a slot into some rollcage padding and have two don barrows lights for $10. A dimmer is recommended to set the light level.

Hey, I could just use the third brake light that came on the Golf. I'm pretty sure it was LED too, and it's definitely not going back in the hatch.

Why don't you just turn the lights on in your garage?

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Morison
The current car I'm competing in has the map light mounted to the transmission tunnel so it swings up, through my arm, and points away from the driver. One of the best flex mounts I've had.

FWIW, that's how our Hella is mounted. Works fine.

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Don Kennedy

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Carl S

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Carl S
Chevy Blazer third brake light. Its an array of red LED lights, quite bright, and already set up for 12v. You could cut it in half, cut a slot into some rollcage padding and have two don barrows lights for $10. A dimmer is recommended to set the light level.

Hey, I could just use the third brake light that came on the Golf. I'm pretty sure it was LED too, and it's definitely not going back in the hatch.

Why don't you just turn the lights on in your garage?

Because I'm never out there. :p

Actually looks like it's a row of incandescent bulbs, with a red lens.

Low blow Carl.


Either of you gonna be racing in October?

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Dante
Low blow Carl.
Either of you gonna be racing in October?

There's a race in October? Oh yeah, the Central Div Regional Chumpionships are at Road America that weekend. We'll see how next weekend goes before we commit to it though.

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Dante
Low blow Carl.


Either of you gonna be racing in October?

I'm reprepping the honda right now like I'm entering. Gotta sell some volvo stuff to help pay for the entry though.

As far as map lights... I have the flexible, tunnel mount fancy one. White light and has never bothered me driving.

This last weekend at Ojibwe it failed...4 minutes before the start of the first real night stage.

I panicked. Codriver improvised quickly, and we ziptied his head lamp to the windshield bar with red light. Worked awesome! Some would say better than most.

I don't know WHAT we would have done if he hadn't brought the headlamp.

Rally on!

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I really like a head lamp mounted to the visor of my helmet. The Tikka gives different intensity levels and red or white light. The batteries easily last for longer than the event. The best part is that the light is always with you.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

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Dante
As far as map lights... I have the flexible, tunnel mount fancy one. White light and has never bothered me driving.

This last weekend at Ojibwe it failed...4 minutes before the start of the first real night stage.

I panicked. Codriver improvised quickly, and we ziptied his head lamp to the windshield bar with red light. Worked awesome! Some would say better than most.

I don't know WHAT we would have done if he hadn't brought the headlamp.

Rally on!

I've tried--in vain---to convince people to have a fuse in an instantly reachable place--MARKED for the odo and Map light--separate!---and spare fuse and spare bulb taped with low tack tape to some instantly reachable spot--tape folded uner at one end do its a convenient tab to just pull..
What was the failure, do you know?

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I usually have a headlamp around my neck for night stages, just in case the map light fails on stage or in case we have to deal with a problem with the car at some point.

I'd advocate breakers for map light and odo, but I really haven't had fuse issues with either. Often, I've found that replacing a blown fuse results in another blown fuse shortly after.

Still, having clearly marked breakers or fuses and having spares - of all the fuses - in the car, and accessible, is definitely a good idea.

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john vanlandingham
Blame is for idiots. losers.

If a fuse blows there is another problem.

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Robert.

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Rallymech
If a fuse blows there is another problem.

That IS whi I use breakers. But some use fuses...

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Rallymech
If a fuse blows there is another problem.

That IS whi I use breakers. But some use fuses...

What type of breaker do you advise be used?

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Rallymech
If a fuse blows there is another problem.

That IS whi I use breakers. But some use fuses...

What type of breaker do you advise be used?

Small, inexpensive ones. The ones i got I got back in the early 1980s from the beloved and long lamented Boeing surplus..for pennies.

Ya know, this is YET another area that there's a coolio idea and then ya get a buncha galoots saying (prancing and mincing it up like this: but say OOOh well I use circuit breakers dontch know OoooooOOOO!"





So a guy could get these for $4 each

http://www.waytekwire.com/wps/portal/en/products?pSearch=circuit%20breaker&psType=P&pg=8

But if you think of it this is yet another area to piss away $40-60 for what the miserable old fuse does...and an increase in price of well orders of magnitude. One trip to the junk yard and you can fill a shoe box with fuses for nuthin...

But, circuit breakers are cooooool..

And gotta say it:
In before "If you can't afford $60 for circuit breakers, you can't afford to rally."

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.