11-08-2018, 12:30 PM
It’s that time of year again. I leave work just before dusk and ride 45 minutes straight into deer country to get home. I’m very disappointed in my CB’s high beam. It lights up the shoulders nicely, but leaves a dark spot on the road in front of me. Seems like the low beam is just the opposite.
The high/low switch does what you would expect, but when in high, flash-to-pass (FTP) doesn’t respond because FTP momentarily activates the high beam that is already on. When in low and using FTP I am actually lighting both bulbs simultaneously creating a pattern of light that the high beams alone can’t produce.
Aside from putting extra hours on the bulbs, is there any danger of frying electronics or overheating something? I’m only doing this for the last 5-10 minutes of my ride, mostly due to traffic. Doing this lights my way very well and makes it easy to deactivate the brights for oncoming cars. Just let go!
The high/low switch does what you would expect, but when in high, flash-to-pass (FTP) doesn’t respond because FTP momentarily activates the high beam that is already on. When in low and using FTP I am actually lighting both bulbs simultaneously creating a pattern of light that the high beams alone can’t produce.
Aside from putting extra hours on the bulbs, is there any danger of frying electronics or overheating something? I’m only doing this for the last 5-10 minutes of my ride, mostly due to traffic. Doing this lights my way very well and makes it easy to deactivate the brights for oncoming cars. Just let go!