Technical wattage for lightbulbs

[rici]

Hey all im just wondering what wattage the lightbulb is on my fog light?

 

[bugsymike]

Hey all im just wondering what wattage the lightbulb is on my fog light?

If you are talking about a standard rear fog lamp, when they were new in this Country the legal limit was 22 Watt the same as a single 12 volt brake light bulb.

 

[ZaphodB]

Pretty much every bulb has the generic part number stamped into the metalwork of the bulb, 382 for a single (as the photo above) and 380 for a stop/tail combo.
Not sure on the legal limit , but they've always been 21watt (and the stop/tail is 21W/5W) in reality.

 

[bugsymike]

Pretty much every bulb has the generic part number stamped into the metalwork of the bulb, 382 for a single (as the photo above) and 380 for a stop/tail combo.
Not sure on the legal limit , but they've always been 21watt (and the stop/tail is 21W/5W) in reality.

I did mean 21 watt earlier and fairly sure 21watt was the legal requirement for rear fog lamps. They cannot be any brighter than the brake lights at 21 Watt by law.

 

[ZaphodB]

I did mean 21 watt earlier

Cool, I thought I'd entered the twilight zone for a moment

 

[bugsymike]

Cool, I thought I'd entered the twilight zone for a moment

Not sure I ever left it.