It's not a relay Contact in series with each Tail light bulb it's a
relay COIL. A COIL has a voltage drop so I assume 9 volts on the wire
between the relay and the bulb.

This is not new Honda has been doing this for over 10 years.

I remember going in to Kragen's and being told that Honda has
different Brake lights than other brands.

4 of the 5 Brake lights are dual filiment.

I have a '92 Accord wiring diagram in front of me and I can see the
relays.


On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:26:28 GMT, "Doug McCrary"
<DougMcCrary@spamcop.net> wrote:

>
>Charlie S <chasa@rcn.com> wrote in message
>news:14tle1dthbehe3fbo44j0a0sqqoiplhqk1@4ax.com.. .
>> Honda installs a relay in series with each Tail Light Bulb so the bulb
>> sees less than 12 volts. I did not intend to say that you have to buy
>> a bulb manufactured by Honda. A bulb intended for other than a Honda
>> would fit, but not have the correct brightness.
>>
>Not.
>Spec'd lamps are standard. A 327 or whatever has a specified voltage, base
>design, current rating, and output (candlepower) .
>Honda can't change that unless they design their own lamp, with their own specs
>(and number). I don't see where they have done that. If you have an example,
>please post it.
>
>> For other than a Honda tail light, if I had a burned out bulb I would
>> look in a box in my garage for a bulb that looked the same and it
>> would work.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Charlie
>>
>
>