audioguru said:
Hi Justin,
I'm on the same continent as you. I think my 3rd brake light flickers a bit when I'm in a 4-wheel drift! I use my handbrake to turn on a dime.
Hey, are you one of the the guys who blinds me every day with high-beam daytime running lights? It seems that only big trucks and SUV's, and swivel-lights like yours that need adjustment use high-beams in the daytime. Even when dimmed, they shine all around and blind everybody. My new car uses dimmed low-beams in the daytime and can be seen just fine (I hope).
Aren't cars complicated for the average stupid Joe?
1) Too many pedals to get mixed-up. Go or stop. What's the difference? Many people drive into stores or just drive with both pedals down.
2) Too many clicks on the light switch so many people drive at night with dimmed high-beam daytime running lights and "parking" lights. They can't see the road, but they see their lights reflecting off the back of the neck of the guy (me) in front of them!
3) A turn signal switch that goes up and down instead of left and right. How confusing! When I see a rare turn signal, I wait to see which way they turn.
4) Steering that's backwards when driving in reverse. How dumb! Many people back-up on the highway when they miss their exit.
I won't go on anymore about people who never check the oil or who put the wrong "antifreeze" into the wrong container. Many people drive smoking cars with glycol "salad dressing" on the windshield!
No my headlights are actually 100 year old technology, they are just regulare sealed beam incandecent lights none of that fancy blue tint HID stuff
My driving lights are very dim, infact my blinkers are actually brighter than my fog lights
haha, my daytime running lamps are actually my blinkers just not blinking. Unfortunatly I'm more at home with my hands in an engine compartment than I am at creating circuitry as you can probably tell i've got a limited knowledge of components, but I've played around with my share of home made circuits, and tinkering. I took one semister of EE in college.
These are the things I typically do with my spare time, which would explain where this project has it's roots.
This is my Car (you can see the orange daytime running lamp)
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here's a few pics and a link from when I rebuilt the engine
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Here's a pic of the supercharger that i put on about 2 years ago
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and last but not least a video of me running at the local 1/4 mile track
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Anyway, you sound like you may enjoy this website
https://www.lightsout.org/ haha..
actually I just noticed where you're from, in fact my car was made in your country in 1998
Maybe you should've just gone to the factory and told them to put LED lights in it and then we wouldn't be having this conversation
haha..
really though, I love learning about stuff like this, it's extremely fasinating to me. So again thanks for all your input and help.. As for the Transistor in the circuit, wouldn't that allow current to flow when current is applied to the base? so in effect that is the opposite of what I want?