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Originally Posted by Deltona Couple
Your information is slightly skewed. DRLs, while using the highbeam BULB, is NOT full power highbeams. They create a series circuit through BOTH higbeam bulbs. This effectively turns on both bulbs, but at HALF brightness. Considering that the standard lowbeam is only 55 watts, and the standard highbeam is 80 watts, then DRL's run at only 40 watts, which is less than a regular lowbeam.
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We'll have to agree to disagree. Maybe on SOME cars the DRLs are half-wattage high beams, but I know from experience that a number of DRLs I've seen at dawn/dusk are a hell of a lot brighter than another car at the same time with regular headlights on.