LED Headlights

I think it's all in the bucket isn't it ? Early on ( & still in some places) I'd see these assholes that'd get the brightest HID's not only headlights but fog lights too & they'd do it without the retro kits & just blind the **** out of everyone , that **** pisses me off...
 
4wd said:
I think it's all in the bucket isn't it ? Early on ( & still in some places) I'd see these assholes that'd get the brightest HID's not only headlights but fog lights too & they'd do it without the retro kits & just blind the **** out of everyone , that **** pisses me off...
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Its simple.

Vehicle headlights engineered with a reflector used to aim a filament?
It wont handle hid or led characteristics.

Yeah, fog hids are horrible unless projector
 
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Bojangles said:
Its simple.

Vehicle headlights engineered with a reflector used to aim a filament?
It wont handle hid or led characteristics.

Yeah, fog hids are horrible unless projector
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Ok so (educate me here mr.'jangles) are you saying it's the way HID's/LED's project their light ?...
 
Because not all HID's I've seen "scatter" that bright ****, I mean there still bright but not blindingly so... Haven't encountered LED's yet that blind you off the road...(at least I don't think I have)
 
4wd said:
Ok so (educate me here mr.'jangles) are you saying it's the way HID's/LED's project their light ?...
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Itz because a reflector based housing engineered for a halogen filament cannot properly control the light from an arc or diode.
 
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OR17TRD said:
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Yeah, pretty much like that...

Bojangles said:
Itz because a reflector based housing engineered for a halogen filament cannot properly control the light from an arc or diode.
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Sounds reasonable I reckon ...

Bojangles said:
Theres most likely info here, i havent been in a few yrs, but the dude was all about optics.

https://www.danielsternlighting.com
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danielstern the actor ? He sells lights when not on a set ? Huh, who knew......
 
Bojangles said:
@4wd

ΦV(lm) = P(W) × η(lm/W)

So

lumens = watts × (lumens per watt)

or

lm = W × (lm/W)

;)
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Yeah, that's what I thought the formula was.......


haha right, I can't make sense of that chicken scratch...been too long since I've used algebric/physics type formulas & I'll be honest , I'd be happy if all HID's & even LED's disappeared from the highways, BUT !! Off road I love'm nothing gives stadium type lighting like a 48" or bigger lightbar...

Offroad = Good

On road = Bad
 
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