[DeTomaso] Headlights

[Dave Londry]

I've been watching this Headlight thread "flash" by, quietly wondering 
if anyone worries about dying in the head-on caused by cauterizing the 
retinas of the oncoming driver.

Jeff touched on this point.
I admit to having drop-in halogen replacements though.

Dave


On 1/04/17 2:51 AM, JEFFREY COBB wrote:
> True what you all say about reflector, filament and lamp design.
> The interface of all three are crucial to the lamps output lumens, pattern function and temperature.
> Today a person can retrofit a Xenon bulb into a 1971 Euro designed light housing, which would have been designed for Type A, H-1, H-4 bulbs and have much better lamp than what the 1971 unit could have ever dreamed of producing.
> Substitution of diff bulbs and reflectors can work but not all the time, most of the time a high powered bulb, example a H-4 130/160 w, a H-4 210 w single filament high beam bulb or H-1 130 or 160 w just will shotgun blast a massive blinding uncontrolled beam.
> LEDs are fantastic as long as the reflector and lens are designed as as team with the LED.
>
> All other bulbs/ filaments are designed with a glowing filament or a glass bulb containing sodium
> which glows as a xenon, to have this glowing mass set correctly relative to filaments axis and the focal point of the reflector.
>
> LEDs are a fantastic light source that projects light off of a flat surface onward toward the object, to a reflector for an improved light beam pattern or through a lens that magnifies the LEDs output.
> That is why you see so many different designed led bulbs to take the place of a halogen, most of the time if you can just find a company that locates the led bulb axis correctly and have enough lumens then you are in business.
>
>
> Jeff Cobb- I pad
>
> On Jan 3, 2017, at 12:55 PM, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I heard the same thing about Xenon lights a few years ago - putting a xenon
>> bulb in a reflector made for halogen was not nearly as effective as if the
>> reflector had been designed for the Xenon.
>>
>> (I did it anyway - then found that the kit didn't include high beams, which
>> is a no-go for our annual safety inspection!)
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
>> Of Larry - Ohio Time
>> Sent: martes, 3 de enero de 2017 18:26
>> To: 'Jeff Udelson'
>> Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Headlights
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> I was talking to a guy that designs lights not long ago. He told me that the
>> reflectors are designed for a particular lamp, because they produce the
>> light differently (how it shined out of the lamp).  He also said that all
>> LED lamps are very different then the standard lamps we have had for years.
>> There is no standard for LED lamps yet.
>>
>> I think there is the same problem with HID lamps made by different
>> manufactures.
>>
>>
>> Larry (not bright) - Cleveland
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
>> Of Jeff Udelson via DeTomaso
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 10:23 AM
>> To: DeTomaso List
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Headlights
>>
>> I already have a nice set of Cibie lights. I contacted this company to
>> check on the compatibility of their LED bulbs with the Cibie  units. They
>> e-mailed back that they were compatible and had others using the same.
>> They want $159 for just the LEDs or $209 complete units. For as little as I
>> drive needing the headlights just can't justify the cost.
>>
>>