What is this part?

ARGHHH! I'm not so good at this... here's the EBay part # if anyone cares to look it up. 282317202366 (and maybe a tip on how to copy/paste this sort of stuff) - Chuck
 
Looks like a gimmick. If it is only one you could buy it and see how it compares with the standard one on the other side
 
Neat item, he only has one. Have never seen one before. I can see how it would change the brightness of the head light. But I don't understand how it would "improve" it.?? As we use the adjustment screw on the back of the head lamp to pull the assembly rearward for optimum brightness; this gadget sets the bulb more forward in the headlight assembly.
Ok guys, please "en-lighten" me as well.
 
JDupuis said:
Neat item, he only has one. Have never seen one before. I can see how it would change the brightness of the head light. But I don't understand how it would "improve" it.?? As we use the adjustment screw on the back of the head lamp to pull the assembly rearward for optimum brightness; this gadget sets the bulb more forward in the headlight assembly.
Ok guys, please "en-lighten" me as well.
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It looks to me like it goes where the conduit plugs into the headlight body...between the ferrule and the body. I thought that maybe it improves that connection with some stronger springs in the device, but since it only goes on the right headlight, that isn't it.
 
I have a similar gadget and posted about it a few months ago. It's for Model T's with magneto headlights. Mine is a black box with three wires, and as I recall it cuts out one light so all the power goes to the other headlight.

BTW, the screw on the rear of the headlamp will adjust the focus but not change the brightness. My folks had a meter to measure brightness for the old movie camera settings, and I wish I could find it.

Here's the link to my gadget.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201109&highlight=gizmo
 
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Yes Tom, you are correct. The screw on the back of the headlight is for focus. My mind to hand typing and thinking all at same time, doesn't always word out correctly... But I know what I was thinking..lol Jeff
 
Tom Wesenberg said:
I have a similar gadget and posted about it a few months ago. It's for Model T's with magneto headlights. Mine is a black box with three wires, and as I recall it cuts out one light so all the power goes to the other headlight.

BTW, the screw on the rear of the headlamp will adjust the focus but not change the brightness. My folks had a meter to measure brightness for the old movie camera settings, and I wish I could find it.

Here's the link to my gadget.

http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=201109&highlight=gizmo
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Thanks for the link, Tom; your gadget seems to be just another way of accomplishing the same thing? Not much use for it today though.
 
What with the time difference between here and there, I came to this thread late. When I first saw it, I figured it was a globe socket which allowed the focus to be adjusted. As for "Intensifying" it, well truthfulness in advertising standards have changed.
 
Here is a link to another one on e-bay that includes the instructions with it , and cheaper . the first one was listed last month for $14.99 with no bids . It is an interesting piece .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OLD-VINTAGE...SOCKET-INTENSIFIER-RAT-ROD-SCTA-/141818168997

Sorry , after reading the add again , you dont get the instructions with the item , only the socket , but you could print out the instructions from the add .
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