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Originally Posted by California98Civic
I'm not sure I understand you completely. The stock corner bulbs and tail lights on our Civics are 20watts each. For relatively little $$ you could replace just the five tail/brake lights and reduce load by maybe 70 or 75 watts, correct? Of course the demand is not as constantly high as running the headlights. But the brake/tail light mod is what I did first, because I have to use the brake lights all the time, day or night.
BTW, re: raising the funding for it, I'll just share what I do when cash is tighter and I want/need something small like this that I am having difficulty justifying to myself or my wife. I cut something else I routinely budget for. I cut whatever it is for just for a short while, to "defray" the cost of the purchase. Just my method. I hope it helps.
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I like the "cut something from regular budget" idea.
Anyway, for my own driving I'm not so concerned about brake lights because I don't spend that much time braking. But my corner lights are on whenever I run the headlights of course, so they are a constant draw, even though they're not 21W bulbs like the brakes..
Brake lights, 21W each (My center brake light is already LED)
Back up lights, 21W each
Front + rear corner lights, 5W each in my Volvo manual
(Looks like Civic front corners might be 8W each)
(I think Civic has 2 bulbs on each rear corner?
Turn signals, 21W each
Anyway, those corner lights are always on so I'm interested. Kinda interested in LED brake lights too; they total about 60W when lit, so they count.