Corrosion of Lamp Contacts
: s ' A driver may suddenly find j \ that his headlights are dim, j j and giving scarcely enough j | light to drive with safety in ; | the suburban areas, to say j 1 nothing of the country roads, j j Generally this is due to cor- j : rosion of the lamp contacts, j I caused by the presence of j | heavy moisture in the air at j j night. This corrosion sots up • } a resistance against the pas- : I sajre of current, and causes tho } j lights to dim. To deal efloc- ■ I tivelv with the trouble attach j jj a small sandpaper disc on the j { end of a pencil. Remove tho j [ lamp bulb and turn the Band- j : paper disc against the contacts • I in tho socket of the lamp. Cor- j | rosion should be removed by j S this mc-.hod at regular inter- j | vals during tho winter months, j [ «
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 12 (Supplement)
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