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Aug 22, 2006 | 02:49 PM

cobalt416

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draytime running light question...

anyone has any idea what voltage is beling delivered during daytime running ? i am contemplating to buy a bi-xenon hid and was wondering if the DRL could power the bulbs up even during DRL mode. I believe the bi-xenon draws 35W of electricity...

thx.

Aug 22, 2006 | 04:53 PM

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i think stock bulbs are 55w.... http://www.sylvaniaautocatalog.com/s...mber=0,134,135

Aug 22, 2006 | 05:11 PM

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Who has daytime running lamps?

00-01

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i think stock bulbs are 55w....

We need another given then we can solve for the variable.

Aug 22, 2006 | 05:16 PM

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Who has daytime running lamps?

00-01

We need another given then we can solve for the variable.

its a canadian thing

Aug 22, 2006 | 06:02 PM

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Isn't Canada the 51st sate of the US....

Aug 22, 2006 | 06:14 PM

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Your high beams run in series so they would be at half illumination.

mce

Aug 22, 2006 | 06:21 PM

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When, praytell, is 'draytime'?

Aug 22, 2006 | 06:24 PM

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Aug 22, 2006 | 06:34 PM

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i don't think the hid's will turn on as drl's

Aug 22, 2006 | 08:01 PM

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drl is a show on mtv right?

Aug 22, 2006 | 08:27 PM

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no that's trl lol

Aug 22, 2006 | 09:08 PM

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Wasn't daytime running lights a standard or some crap in the US a while back? What ever happen to that? Did we realize that lights on in the daytime looed retarded?

Aug 23, 2006 | 07:30 AM

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you're all just jealous you dont get to be blinded in the daytime, as well as the nighttime.

we're safety conscious

Aug 23, 2006 | 09:41 AM

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Aug 23, 2006 | 09:42 AM

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we're safety conscious

Aug 23, 2006 | 12:14 PM

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um... we be self-aware of the issues which affect the saftey of us. werd.

Aug 23, 2006 | 08:06 PM

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Intresting read for the safety freaks that are also environment freaks....It may be a repost, but I don't care...

reference
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question424.htm

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If daytime running lights were on all the vehicles in the U.S., we would burn an extra 406 million gallons of gas each year. That's only a couple gallons for each vehicle, but in total it is more than all of the vehicles in the country burn in a day. At $1.50 a gallon, that's $600 million per year. Looking at it another way, an extra 8 billion pounds of Carbon Dioxide would be added to the atmosphere by this law.

Aug 23, 2006 | 08:22 PM

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^ wow i think that quote must be a few few years old haha i wish gas was $1.50 a gallon =/ i guess with gas prices now it's more like 12 billion dollars a year haha

Aug 23, 2006 | 08:28 PM

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DRL on 00-01 is the high beam... and it only deliver half of the voltage from the DRL module.... normally is 12V so when u release the handbreak the light comes on with 6V... that's what i've been told in here...

Aug 23, 2006 | 08:29 PM

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lalaMAX

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and no... u can't run HID with DRL... u will lost your ballast!!!

Aug 24, 2006 | 06:51 AM

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Drl

DRL won't work on any HID kits, either Bi-Xenon or Hi-Low. I run Hi-Low (high halogen and low HID), the DRL doesn't work.

Aug 24, 2006 | 06:53 AM

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yeah, daytime lights use a regular (non HID) type bulbe. Saw a 300C the other day with his lights on - turned them off and the HID turned off and a small regular bulb came on (the daytime light)