Foglight HID's
5th Gear Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 2,397
From: Texas
Get these.They have the housings as well as the bulbs
and the housings/reflectors actually match the bulbs that are included.
You cannot compare incadescent filiment bulb wattage to HID wattage.
Its LUMENS that you want to compare when talking about actual light output.
and the housings/reflectors actually match the bulbs that are included.
You cannot compare incadescent filiment bulb wattage to HID wattage.
Its LUMENS that you want to compare when talking about actual light output.
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Joined: May 2007
Posts: 13,322
From: NW Arkansas
You cannot use wattage to determine heat levels of
two different types of illumination producing devices either.
Incandescent and HID are two totally different types of
producing illumination.
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 40
From: Nevada
Get these.
They have the housings as well as the bulbs
and the housings/reflectors actually match the bulbs that are included.
You cannot compare incadescent filiment bulb wattage to HID wattage.
Its LUMENS that you want to compare when talking about actual light output.
HIDs are more efficent that incandescent bulbs. It takes less watts with a
HID bulb/ballasts to produce the same lumens as an incandescent bulb.
They have the housings as well as the bulbs
and the housings/reflectors actually match the bulbs that are included.
You cannot compare incadescent filiment bulb wattage to HID wattage.
Its LUMENS that you want to compare when talking about actual light output.
HIDs are more efficent that incandescent bulbs. It takes less watts with a
HID bulb/ballasts to produce the same lumens as an incandescent bulb.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 627
From: Norfolk, VA
Wattage is a simple function of Current x Voltage. Efficiency is what determines heat output; halogen bulbs are 3.5% efficient, which means 96.5% of the energy being consumed is being thrown off as heat. HID bulbs are in the neighborhood of 6% efficiency, which is almost twice as efficient. The efficiency goes down as you move up in the Kelvin scale, as the minerals and salts used to get a bluer color are less efficient than the ones used to get a redder color.
Low-pressure sodium lights (those orange/yellow ones) are almost 25% efficient, and they take the trophy for most efficient light source we have right now. That's why they're so popular.
Low-pressure sodium lights (those orange/yellow ones) are almost 25% efficient, and they take the trophy for most efficient light source we have right now. That's why they're so popular.
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Where can I get LPS fog and headlight bulbs with aircraft-landing-light intensity? I only intend to use them to flash those folks with 55W HIDS from 6000K and bluer...
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 627
From: Norfolk, VA
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 33
From: TN
Hey all. I'm having a slight "problem" with the HID's I installed in my foglights. It's not so much my problem, but a problem for drivers going in the opposite direction and I've had a lot of high beams flashed at me since installing them. The HID's shoot light pretty much everywhere (Probably due to their circular design?). Is there any way to aim the foglights or is there any solution you guys with HID foglights have used? I'd hate to get pulled over by a police officer for blinding them.
Thanks.
(PS - I've searched through threads and noticed that lights getting capped helps a bit but are there any other solutions?)
Thanks.
(PS - I've searched through threads and noticed that lights getting capped helps a bit but are there any other solutions?)
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 40
From: Nevada
What's so special about the Saleen HIDs?