Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 21:59:56 -0600
Reply-To: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From: John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades
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For me, there are some issues here I think. What king of light do these put
out. I have a real problem with lighting that is not standard old slightly
yellow in appearance. The cars with brilliant bluewhite lighting are
eyeball killers where I'm concerned. They are blinding. I've got a bit of
a bash in my van as a result of someone turning those things on me just as
I turned at a stop sign. Blinded me to the point of running off the road
and onto a high rain curb. The human eye is not designed to deal with that
bluewhite light, wut with a yellow light, as in sunlight. Thousands of
years of evolution at work. Comes the new stuff and we're not ready for it.
If you put on 'yellow' shades, egular lights still appear yellow. But with
the bright bluewhites , the yellow lenses filter out the blue radiation and
the lights appear as green. Big difference. And they don't light the way
nearly as good as the old fashioned yellower lights. Something to think
about. We don't want blinded drivers. They might even hit us!
John
On Jan 15, 2016 21:30, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have tried a few different versions of drop in lamps. Some don't even
> have
> high-low beam capability. Still, with worn out reflectors and sand blasted
> lenses bulbs are not the issue. Our headlights simply need to be replaced.
> If this is not a complete lamp I will be a bit disappointed.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Alistair Bel
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 1:23 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades
>
> Sounds like a drop in led bulb for stock lamps. Will be interesting to see
> how well that works. Pics on site showing beam pattern not conclusive.
>
> I wonder if the led drop in has heat sink and fins sticking out at the
> back.
> I didn't see any pics of the actual bulb on the site. Did I over look it?
>
> Plenty of choices for drop in led bulbs already out there. What makes
> camper
> van culture version different would be interesting to know.
>
> Hers an example from bangood. Philips copy? Has fan on rear fins. Not sure
> if van has space behind lamp for this model
>
>
> http://www.banggood.com/1Pair-90W-9000LM-6000K-H4-H7-H11-Philips-LED-Headlig
> ht-Bulbs-Conversion-Kit-p-995456.html
>
> Alistair
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 14, 2016, at 6:34 PM, William Monk <billmonk@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >
> >
>
> http://campervanculture.com/shop/vw-t25-t3-vanagon-high-power-led-headlight-
> upgrade-kit/
> >
> > New options for headlight upgrades for our vanagons.
> >
> > Bill M
>
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