farmall h light switch

[Kevin]

hey everyone
i know i read it somewhere here but can't find it.....i'm looking for why there a four positions on the light switch?
i thought somewhere i read to 2 positions where something for the charging low and high and other 2 for the lights dim and bright
if anyone seems the topic help me out
thanks for the replies in advance
Kevin

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

Tractors equipped with the 4 position switch did not have a voltage regulator on the generator, and used a lead from the field terminal of the generator to control the charge.. The left position was LO (low charge), next was HI (High charge), then D (dim lights and high charge) and last was B (less dim lights and high charge).

[Pony Master]

I like that, less dim. That would be my description as well.

[John *.?-!.* cub owner]

I like that, less dim. That would be my description as well.

That originally came from another member of the forum, Jim B. I think, but not sure. The lights on a cub, as well as any other old tractor seem dim by todays standards, but at the time were considered quite bright. There were no dusk to dawn lights, no halogen or quartz lights, most house had a 40 or 50 watt bulb per room or coal oil lamp, and the only portable light was a kerosene lantern. By comparison those lights were quite bright. We suffer from light pollution, as well as air, water, etc. pollution.

[KETCHAM]

I wish at night everyone would turn off those bright barn lights.The last place I lived I asked and they did.I now live further in the country and they like the bright lights.Fights crime they say.I'd rather see the stars.As for the light switch,its nice to have the option of dim or bright.I do use both.Kevin

[Jim Becker]

I like that, less dim. That would be my description as well.

That originally came from another member of the forum, Jim B. I think, but not sure.

I stole it too. I think I got it from Bob Seith (a name that may be familiar to a few of you).

[Hengy]

OK... dumb follow up time... How dim is "dim" on the "low beam" setting? Mine is really dim... maybe my resistor is REALLY resisting?? The high beams, or less dim beams, are pretty bright...I have all new connections in that circuit... (This is on my cub)

Mike in La Crosse, WI

[Bigdog]

Mike, the ambient light level years ago vs. what most of us experience today is a lot different. Nowadays even the rural countryside is dotted with security lights at night. It was much different years ago. When you are behind the only light source available it looks pretty bright. If you are trying to overcome even just a bit of ambient light it lessens the effect of the lights a lot. Six volt lights on low beam are not very bright at all and are just a glow by today's standards. But when you are alone in a big field at night they were like aircraft landing lights to the operator.
You know what the good book says - "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."

[Hengy]

Good quote, BigDog...

My lights are more like "marker lights" on low beam... Kind of amber almost. I almost never use the dim setting... only the 'less dim' setting...

Mike in La Crosse, WI

[KETCHAM]

Ask Carl about candle power!!!!He knows the most!!!!Kevin

[Kevin]

this is why i like to post questions on farmallcub because they start the darnest conversations.

thanks to all for the help
Kevin

[RustyFarmall]

If your lights seem to be rather dim, it might be because the wrong bulbs are installed. I have run across several tractors that had the incorrect #1156 tail light bulbs, and they did little more than provide a soft yellowish glow, especially when on the DIM setting. The correct bulb is a # 1133, 25 watt, 32 candlepower HEADLIGHT bulb.

[KETCHAM]

Some of us are like bulbs,just a little brighter.I had to say it.KEVIN!!!