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Old 31 Jul 2006, 08:19 pm
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Default Re: 2000 Honda Accord EX Clock Light- need help replacing

"KOS" <computerstuff2@excite.com> wrote in
news:1154381219.086516.4540@i42g2000cwa.googlegrou ps.com:


>
> I was able to put the bulb into the clock. The light came on... I then
> put the headlights on to see if the light on the clock would work,I
> noticed that when I put the headlights on the light on the clock goes
> dimmer....is that suppose to be like that? I thought when you would
> put headlights on the light would go brighter, as one would need more
> light to see the time....



At night it's darker, remember? If the clock light were *brighter* in the
dark, it would appear TOO bright within the surrounding blackness, and so
therefore they dim the clock. Honda has done this since at least 1990.


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