>I need some advice - anybody know the output of the H4 euro style round halogen >headlights offered at places like the Bus Depot versus the light output from >regular halogens like sylvania? I want the best lighting I can get but don't >want to spend money for something that's just different and not any better than >regular halogens.
Outright claimed wattage is only an indication of actual usable output. A poorly-designed/made reflector, lens and bulb will give hot spots, black holes and generally dim beam. A good unit overall can give a broad long-reaching beam with no holes or hot spots. I have owned vehicles (including the stock H4s in my 84) with really EXCELLENT 60/55W QHs. And others with really poor 100/80s (aftermarket East German H4 bulbs in my 75 Bay's stock headlights) or 6V 60/55 H4 bulbs in my 57's stock lights. Those 100/80s ran far too hot and their bases actually burned out and disintegrated (the filaments still worked fine).
Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand fax 64 (3) 479-7527 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut Macintosh 7500/200/64, 6116/60/24, LCIII, LC, Classic, Plus *Even though Mac Users may be only 10% of the market, always remember that we are the TOP 10% *Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy and millions of others are by far the most popular with about 70 million machines in use worldwide. Macintosh fans, on the other hand, may note that cockroaches are far more numerous than humans and that numbers alone do not denote a higher life form - New York Times, November 26, 1991 *A 766mHz Mac G4 is 45% faster than a 1500mHz Pentium 4 |
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