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You wash your car and change the oil. You update your computer, fine tune your lawnmower and clean out your refrigerator (I hope) every so often. Why shouldn’t you take care of your GPS receiver?
Taking care of your GPS is not only fun (riiight) but it’s something that has to be done. Without proper care you will be buying a new one every six months or so. Or else you’ll end up curing the one you have. In the interest of keeping the family vacation as G-rated as possible, here are some tips on how to maintain your GPS.
It’s important to keep your GPS out of extreme heat or cold for prolonged periods of time. In cold weather your LCD screen might freeze. In hot weather your GPS receiver could become too hot damaging your circuitry. So if it’s too hot or cold out, maybe a good idea to take it with you if you’re going to be away from your car for an extended period of time.
Keeping your GPS relatively dust free is a good idea. Dust causes all kinds of problems with electronics. It’s true that most GPS receivers are not vented and lack a cooling fan, however, even a small layer of dust can insulate your unit and cause overheating. Plus, it looks better.
If you have HID xenon headlights or you have improved on the standard halogen bulbs you had for the newest in xenon light bulbs, you have seen how clear and white the light provided by xenon gas is.
Unfortunately you have probably also noticed that the light from your sidelight bulbs appear a dull yellow colour in comparison and do not compliment your xenon bulbs. Fortunately there is wide range of upgrade sidelight bulbs that are brighter and whiter than standard bulbs and if you are feeling adventurous they can come in a range of colours
How Do Upgrade Sidelight Bulbs Differ From Ordinary Sidelight Bulbs?
The regular sidelight bulbs are produced based on quantity and inexpensive material, which means they use basic filament in a standard glass bulb, with motionless gas. Updated sidelight bulbs use the very best that technology has to offer, with high grade supplies and the very top of the line for filaments.
Most importantly the latest upgrade sidelight bulbs are filled with either xenon or halogen gas, which ensures that these upgrade bulbs produce a much brighter and crisper light, which more closely compliments HID xenon bulbs.
Laws can be confusing sometimes. How much coverage is you required to have? What is the minimum amount? Do you have to have liability? What if you drive to other states? The questions are endless and it can be confusing at times.
To answer these questions, call your insurance agent. They will have all the best information about state and regional laws that involve you and your vehicle. It’s their job to know all this and help you with it. Before you call, make sure you have all your questions ready so you don’t forget.
Basic rule is that each state has a minimum requirement for the auto insurance coverage you need to have for certain situations. The three types of coverage is injury to another, injury to all people, and damage to property.
If you are going to travel out of state, check out what auto insurance coverage you will need. Call the rep of your insurance company and verify the coverage you need. Be sure if you are traveling through multiple states, find the strictest one and change your coverage to that one for the time being.
Headlights are used as soon as the sky begins to go a dull colour and as the sky grows darker the light emitted grows more pronounced helping us see. However, this light is narrow and often short range. Many motorists do not realise they can increase their sight with the use of xenon bulbs over halogen lights. In fact these bulbs offer up to 90% more light than halogen. They also do not need modifications for fitting them in your vehicle.
Headlight Bulbs – A Very Brief History!
To understand how xenon bulbs can improve the light output from your headlights, it is probably a good idea to see how the bulbs have developed, but don’t worry the history is very brief. The first headlight bulbs were very basic affairs using incandescent lights until, in the 1960s, car bulb manufacturers introduced the first halogen bulb, which was called the H1.
In making the glass bulb airtight and filling it with a halogen gas mixture these early halogen headlight bulbs could burn much brighter. In order to improve their headlight bulbs further, the manufacturers also worked on redesigning the filament, which is the metal wire coil you see in the centre of a bulb, therefore creating a more intense beam which created a light that could project much further out than ordinary incandescent bulbs.