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LED vs HID headlights URGENT

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by '16TacomaTRD, Sep 18, 2016.

  1. Sep 22, 2016 at 9:36 PM
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    inwood customs

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    What about peoples eyebuttons?
    I thought lasers were bad for them
     
  2. Sep 22, 2016 at 9:37 PM
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    It's filtered through phosphorus so I guess it's ok :notsure:.
     
  3. Sep 22, 2016 at 9:43 PM
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    Now thats urgent
     
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  4. Sep 23, 2016 at 7:04 AM
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    Some hid light output when its wet out. It rained about half an hour before taking this picture so the roads are still wet.
    Here you go OP

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  5. Sep 23, 2016 at 7:06 AM
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    You're supposed to trust in computers to smartly control the beam. And it's also supposed to put out light that is equivalent to current lighting, just more controlled.
     
  7. Oct 13, 2016 at 9:08 AM
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    we already have a patent pending on the technology ;)
     
  8. Oct 13, 2016 at 9:45 AM
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  9. Oct 20, 2016 at 6:00 AM
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    First use of a removable, replaceable laser bulb
     
  10. Oct 20, 2016 at 6:16 AM
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    That's Awesome. How hot does a laser run? I know it uses less energy than LED.
     
  11. Oct 31, 2016 at 1:13 PM
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    Pretty comparable to an LED actually. As long as it has good heat dissipation and engineering it should last quite a long time.
     
  12. Nov 5, 2016 at 11:19 AM
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    I also have a 2016 Taco... wondering if HID does ok in the stock reflectors.... is this pic HID as indicated?.. if so, what wattage, and do you feel the project nicely into the distance?
     
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    LED that I ran "110W" was pretty crappy in the distance. I attribute this to 3 things.... 1. so much forefront light it literally shuts the pupil down to peer into the distance and gather light... "night-blindness" 2. Stock reflectors were not made for bidirectional LED's, they often claim 360 degrees but neither can come close to 180 degree output so no dice. 3. LED's have never been known to do well for actually seeing compared to how they look straight on....... in other words.... if a light looks bright because of its higher kelvin that doesn't mean its bright... it just "looks" bright straight on.... hitting an object and reflecting all the way back is twice the distance of straight on viewing.....

    Look at the light from a welder.... thats stinkin bright even in daylight.. but it doesn't actually light anything up in daylight.....

    hard to explain but while the higher kelvin is great for road signs etc that have reflective material, its poor for normal objects that don't reflect per se.

    HID is brute force full spectrum similar to the sun.. it carry's more weight...

    LED is getting close.. especially in reflectors made for it... I have a hand held LED that can shine nearly a mile to the other side of the lake and I can actually see colors and shoreline.....so its not all bunk.... but and HID bulb is a more natural transmitter in a halogen reflector compared to the funky emissions of LED diodes.
     
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  14. Nov 5, 2016 at 6:18 PM
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    While this thread is for a reflector it demonstrates the difference in light output from a directional light source vs an omni-directional light source in a halogen assembly. The cut off issue presented in here won't be a problem on the 3rd gen projector.

    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/why-leds-should-not-be-run-in-halogen-reflectors.454371/
     

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