Date:         Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:12:14 -0500
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From:         KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Headlight upgrades
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Giving some more thought to this, I suspect the 55 watts is total across 4 lights (aka low beams and high beams). So this means it should be about 13 watts per bulb. 

I’ve been using LED light bulbs in my houses for many years. 3 watt LEDs correspond to about 20 watt incandescents. 15 watt LEDs correspond to about 60-75 watt incandescents. So this jives with 13 watt LEDs being replacements for the 55 watt incandescents we traditionally use in our vehicles. 

The temperature color of the LEDs is likely to be higher (from the video, probably 3000-5000K would be my guess) compared to our standard bulbs (which are around 2600K-3000K). Since they are still using the (Eurospec) standard reflectors, it will be all about the distribution pattern of the LEDs. 




> On Jan 15, 2016, at 10:54 PM, Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> It's not a complete lamp. The vid shows mods to be made to the lamp bulb holder.
> 
> I too am sceptical of a drop in led bulb. But you never know the led unit may have the right light output at the right spot for the the reflector. Or it may be able to be adjusted for focal point as I have seem in others.
> 
> The hi lo led units I have seen seem to switch on and off some of the led devices that may coincide with the H4 optics or may just reduce light output. It's not always clear which.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I'd love a drop in led bulb that put out the light as the halogen bulb does.
>