[DeTomaso] Instrument panel (brighter bulbs) dash...

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

Red is the best color for instrument lights, something about rods and cones
in the eye that don't react to the red spectrum.

My 80's BMW 325 had orangeish/red dash lights, best ever.

Michael Shortt
On Jan 17, 2014 11:08 PM, "Asa Jay Laughton" <asajay at asajay.com> wrote:

>  Red light, I love it.
> This is what bugs me the -most- in all my other daily driver cars.
>
> In my 1971 Mach I, the high beam indicator is RED, in fact, it's a very
> neatly crafted Mustang running horse, that's red, in the speedometer dial.
> It's noticeable and sexy, and certainly not blinding.
>
> In the other cars, it's this God-awful bright cold Blue light that
> literally blinds me anytime I switch on the high beams.  I can have the
> dash lights dialed down nicely to get a good view of the country roads
> around here and when I switch on the high beams...  BAM... can't see damn
> thing again from the stickin' indicator glaring at me.
>
> Most times I don't even drive with the high beams anymore, even on
> deserted back country roads because I hate that it's not RED.
>
> This makes me wonder if I can get a set of RED LED dash lights for the
> Pantera.
>
> Whoever designed it so the dash lights had to be brighter than the surface
> of the sun should be shot!
>
> Asa  Jay
>
> Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired
> & Shelley Marie
> Spokane, WA
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>
> On 1/17/2014 8:52 AM, Jeff Detrich wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 8:00 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Cars have dimmer switches on the instrument lights because bright
>> interior lights is NOT what you want on a dark road.  Driving in the city,
>> with bright lights all around, yes.  But when you are in the middle of
>> nowhere, you need to dim your interior lights so that you aren't blinding
>> yourself and compromising your night vision and your ability to see
>> properly outside.
>
>
> Red light doesn't affect your night vision and that is why BMWs used to
> have red dash lights.
>
>  Jeff
>  6559
>
>
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