Date:         Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:47:10 +0100
Reply-To:     Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Raimund Feussner <rfeussner@GMX.DE>
Subject:      Re: Hid AUX lamps GoWesty's headlight upgrade kit
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <473A0646.4020600@gmail.com>
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I use HID H3 lamps in my vanagon´s highbeam lamps.

Great daylight-ish color after a few seconds. The first 4 or 5 seconds
are hardly brighter than lowbeam, but then they get bright!

I use the standard 6000K lamps. 5400K-6300K are used in german cars with
stock HID lights.

Seems blue for a moment, but only a few seconds.
When the eyes have lost comparison to the (extremely) yellow halogen
low-beam bulbs, it is really white.

I got the H3 setup from Ebay. Straight from China and without TÜV, so
illegal in Germany. But who else but myself sees my high beams lamps in
action, anyway?!

This was a plug-and-play setup:
Halogen out,
HID in,
ballast screwed to headlight frame,
highbeam wires connected to ballast,
done.

Regards
Raimund




Am 13.11.2007 21:17, Michael Elliott schrieb:
> On 11/13/2007 9:11 AM Kai Mei wrote:
>
>
>> $349 might be better that the Square H4's... Gotta be more efficient
>> energy wise.
>
> I gotta ask: how much impact would the energy efficiency of the bulbs
> have on overall fuel consumption? Close to zero is my guess.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>