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ATTN: Daniel Stern... Question...
What is the purpose/intention of fog lights. In other words, why were they
created and what purpose do they serve? When are they to be used if your vehicle is so equipped? Thanks. Cory |
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"Cory Dunkle" > wrote in message ... > What is the purpose/intention of fog lights. In other words, why were they > created and what purpose do they serve? When are they to be used if your > vehicle is so equipped? Thanks. C'mon Corey - your a regular here. (I'll almost ignore CH's 'cool' comment, for many they are more than that). |
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"Cory Dunkle" > wrote in message ... > What is the purpose/intention of fog lights. In other words, why were they > created and what purpose do they serve? When are they to be used if your > vehicle is so equipped? Thanks. C'mon Corey - your a regular here. (I'll almost ignore CH's 'cool' comment, for many they are more than that). |
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In article >, C.H. wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:54:11 -0500, Cory Dunkle wrote: > >> What is the purpose/intention of fog lights. In other words, why were they >> created and what purpose do they serve? When are they to be used if your >> vehicle is so equipped? Thanks. > >I am not Daniel, but I know the answer to that one. > >The original reasoning was, that the fog usually is less dense closest to >the ground and thus the fog lights, which usually are mounted >significantly below the headlights, were supposed to illuminate the road >better that way. The main reason for foglights placement is the angular dependence of intensity of scattered light. It's the highest in the "back" direction: _ |\ \ \ > a\ (lamp)> ->------- > i.e., the smaller the angle "a" is, the higher the intensity. Thus by lowering the foglamps as much as possible you minimise the intensity of the (useless, blinding) backscattered light. >Today fog lights have no effect worth mentioning, other than to appear >cool among the local rice crowd. Up until two days ago I would have agreed with you. But I had the chance to try out foglamps in a relatively dense fog and there was no question that the road was more visible than without them. Obviously the foglamps need to be well made. In two of my previous cars I also had foglamps, but I never used them, because they made practically no difference. -- /"\ Jan Kalin (male, preferred languages: Slovene, English) \ / http://charm.zag.si/eng/, email: "name dot surname AT zag dot si" X ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML in mail and postings. / \ I'm a .signature virus. Copy me to help me spread. |
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In article >, C.H. wrote:
>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 16:54:11 -0500, Cory Dunkle wrote: > >> What is the purpose/intention of fog lights. In other words, why were they >> created and what purpose do they serve? When are they to be used if your >> vehicle is so equipped? Thanks. > >I am not Daniel, but I know the answer to that one. > >The original reasoning was, that the fog usually is less dense closest to >the ground and thus the fog lights, which usually are mounted >significantly below the headlights, were supposed to illuminate the road >better that way. The main reason for foglights placement is the angular dependence of intensity of scattered light. It's the highest in the "back" direction: _ |\ \ \ > a\ (lamp)> ->------- > i.e., the smaller the angle "a" is, the higher the intensity. Thus by lowering the foglamps as much as possible you minimise the intensity of the (useless, blinding) backscattered light. >Today fog lights have no effect worth mentioning, other than to appear >cool among the local rice crowd. Up until two days ago I would have agreed with you. But I had the chance to try out foglamps in a relatively dense fog and there was no question that the road was more visible than without them. Obviously the foglamps need to be well made. In two of my previous cars I also had foglamps, but I never used them, because they made practically no difference. -- /"\ Jan Kalin (male, preferred languages: Slovene, English) \ / http://charm.zag.si/eng/, email: "name dot surname AT zag dot si" X ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML in mail and postings. / \ I'm a .signature virus. Copy me to help me spread. |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Cory Dunkle wrote:
> What is the purpose/intention of fog lights. In other words, why were > they created and what purpose do they serve? When are they to be used if > your vehicle is so equipped? Thanks. See http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...fog_lamps.html It answers all your questions and more. DS |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Cory Dunkle wrote:
> What is the purpose/intention of fog lights. In other words, why were > they created and what purpose do they serve? When are they to be used if > your vehicle is so equipped? Thanks. See http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...fog_lamps.html It answers all your questions and more. DS |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, C.H. wrote:
> The original reasoning was, that the fog usually is less dense closest > to the ground and thus the fog lights, which usually are mounted > significantly below the headlights, were supposed to illuminate the road > better that way. That is not correct. -DS |
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