How to adapt blinkers into running lights?

[al_roethlisberger]

no "solid lit" indicators in OZ.

 

Down here ,that would 'indicate' a faulty flasher unit

 

 

 

....well there ya go

 

 

 

I guess you guys just have a different "standard" down there, and therefore different expectations. Understandable

 

al

[big unit]

"Indicators/Signals/Marker lights = forward and rear facing marker lights, typically amber, for indicating turning, hazard"

O.K so they are marker lights and not running lights?.

So these marker lights, what is their job. Are they as bright as a flasher bulb.

[al_roethlisberger]

"Indicators/Signals/Marker lights = forward and rear facing marker lights, typically amber, for indicating turning, hazard"

O.K so they are marker lights and not running lights?.

So these marker lights, what is their job. Are they as bright as a flasher bulb.

 

No, the marker lights are typically are a bit more dim than the blinker light, that BTW, is usually the same bulb/housing as the marker lights, just with an extra filament for "blinking".

 

What are they for? Well, they just add a bit more extra "visibility". From the rear, they are the red tail-lights you see so you don't run into someone, the ones that turn into "brake lights" when the brake is depressed. From the front, when not flashing, they have two functions:

 

1) Parking lights, so you don't get run into at night in a parking lot, etc... without your headlights on, say, parked in a driveway and you don't want to wake everyone with your headlights.

 

2) Side "marker lights" ... well, when your headlight is on, these lights, the ones on the corners of the car, perhaps one on the front fender, and the tail-lights, simply visually "mark" the outside extremes of the car at night for extra visbility and safety. And, the colors used help one quickly visually identify the direction a vehicle is traveling, like on a boat. And at night, in foggy conditions, these marker lights, especially the amber ones, are very visible and help to illuminate objects close to the car.

 

I'm sure there are other reasons, but that's what comes to mind quickly

 

 

Anyway, regardless, this is the "standard" in North America... always has been... well at least for the last 75 years or so

 

al