Either way, with ventilation it's water in and water out. The problem
I had with my tail light, pre-drain holes was there was nowhere for
the water to go so it would fill up and short out the bulb, then I'd
get pulled over (the second time I had a little to drink, fortunately
the cop left it at the burned out tail light). Now it may get a bit
damp, but it won't fill up. Head lights of course produce a lot more
heat so so it would be vapors not standing water and a vent would be
plenty adequate rather than a full blown drain hole.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:37 PM, David Henry <DML@henryweb.net> wrote:
>
> I was also thinking that once the bulb turned off, it would suck in moisture if
> it wasn't sealed. With a vent, it may be more likely to not do the slurp thing
> every time it cools down.
>
> For the record, the current wifemobile is an 02 Saturn SC2.
>
>
> -- David 94 CC Sport 4x4, 318, 5spd, Lifted with 33" BFG MT's
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dustin Williams" <dustinewilliams@gmail.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: DML: Wet Lights
>
>
> >
>
>
> > The heat from the bulb would also naturally dry it out if there is a
> > place for the vapors to go.
> >
> > Dustin
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> The reason for the vent is to help dry the moisture inside. If the seal is
> >> bad...and too much moisture gets into the lamp assembly, the vent won't work
> >> (duh). :)
> >>
> >> There will always be some sort of leak as the headlamps don't seal properly
> >> anyway.
> >>
> >>
> >> - Bernd
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Brian Cropp [mailto:hskr@cox.net]
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:44 PM
> >> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> >> Subject: RE: DML: Wet Lights
> >>
> >>
> >> So do you know what type of vehicle his wife drives?
> >> I had a set of aftermarket headlights that had vent holes in them and they
> >> still got condensation and water inside because the seal around the lens was
> >> bad.
> >> Re-sealed the lense and no more condensation.
> >>
> >> And the vent you told him to do doesn't fix the original reason of why there
> >> was condensation inside the headlight. The fix is to dry it out and re-seal
> >> it. Your "vent" just gives a path of escape for the water vapors that
> >> shouldn't be in it in the first place.
>
>
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