Front spot/fog lamps

[ndevans]

On the subject of dynamos has anyone ever tried fitting one of the beefier dynamos from the Lucas range to a Minor? Say a C45, which I think was something like 27A output.

[minor_hickup]

I had spots on my last minor. Halogen headlights (wired through a relay plus xenon 50% brighter phillips bulbs) as well as a pair of Wipac spots also fitted with Phillips Xenon bulbs through a relay. You relay notice the difference at dusk and in disgusting driving rain down back roads.

I think you can fit any alternator to the minor as long as the wiring is beefed up enough. It might be worth running a feed from the alternator to the battery side of the starter solenoid and taking any more power for acesories from there rather than letting the wire to the fuse box carry too much current.

[ndevans]

OK, next question.

I have several fog/spot lamps in my posession, but I'm not sure which are fogs & which are spots.

Can anyone positively identify and tell me which is which? :-

Lucas LR11
Lucas FT10
Lucas Ranger

If you go on ebay you will find all the above described as spot lamps and as fog lamps.


cheers,
Neil

[ColinP]

We're back to the delights of the English language....

"Fog lights" - as used in fog or reduced visibility can be exactly the same as the "spot" - or "driving lamps"

It used to be common to fit 1 spot lamp and 1 wide beam lamp low down (and there was a lot of debate regarding nearside spot - or offside spot - depending on whether you wanted to illuminate the kerb or the white line)
so that they were used as "fog lights"

In contrast, "spot lights" are always long range lights.

I'd look at the lens pattern - anything that produces a flat wide beam has a distinctive vertical ribbing on the lens.

Cheers,

colin