Re: [VACList] Fiber Optic Tail Light Device

[Daisy Welch <jtdjtd@xxxxxxxx>]

> Regarding the Fiber Optic rear light indicators:
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>>Did they indicate just the running lights or also the brake lights?

run, brake and turn (all one lamp)

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>>Where were the indicators located? 

Street side, 3/4rs of the way back.

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>>What was the diameter approximately of the fiber? Was it fragile and was fiber


> breakage a common problem?
Mine still works (19730

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>>What years in the 70 era was the indicator system offered?
dUNNO

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>>Any idea of the upcharge cost? 

What's that ?	

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>>And does anyone make a similar after market device to tell if your tail lights 
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> are working?
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>>If an electrical indicator circuit was installed, say under trailer from 
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> inside rear shell at each bezel, up to a indicator light bank on each front 
> side of trailer, how many wires would have to run from each rear lamp? And 
> would 
> this be feasible at all?

Since the circuit starts at the umbilical chord, you could tell a 
completed circuit from there.  I think only an optical device would tell 
if lamp was lit.

Daisy