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Originally Posted by Alex Hayley
How much light do these lights put out?
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For vintage 6” round applications there were two types of sealed beam bulbs offered. The original standard sealed beam and a newer halogen version. Here are the part numbers and characteristics of each:
Standard - 4435 clear spotlight, 35 watts, 75,000 candlepower, with 100 hours of lamp life. This bulb can be easily distinguished by the dark dome over the bulb filament inside the sealed beam, as seen here:
Halogen - GE H7635 Clear Halogen Lamp, 50 watts, 160,000 candle power, 100 hrs lamp life. And yes the Halogen bulb is considerably brighter. This came standard on most spotlights produced in the 70’s and 80’s. that no longer had the screw-on crest/emblem on top. The crest was replaced with a lackluster riveted plate. The halogen bulb is readily identifiable by the lack of a dome over the lighting filament as seen here:
Both bulbs are the same physical size and interchangeable.
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Originally Posted by 67chevy1series
ya i was just checkin becauce i was told i cant have it facing to the traffic
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Some states don’t allow functional spotlights on privately owned vehicles at all. For the two states I’m familiar with (California & Idaho) the laws basically say you cannot shine an illuminated light at any moving vehicle.
For anyone interested here are links to the applicable vehicle codes in those two states, pertaining to owning and using vehicle mounted spotlights:
California:
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24404.htm
Washington:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.37.180