David Beierl wrote: > I don't know how much heat the halogens produce > compared to the regular, though I suspect it's similar. The heat output from your 50 watt bulb is nothing similar to the regular 21 watt bulb. The common knowledge is that only 5-20% of power is transmitted to the light, so while your 21 watt bulb pulls 21 watts from the cars electricity, only 5 watts are used for light, the rest is wasted in heat. So, the 50 watt bulb you have probably generates 10-15 watts of light, the rest is heat. No wonder the rear lights melt! Don't ask me how I know, I just do :-) Its something I picked up once, and it stuck in my memory. PerL Bug, Bus 'n 'Back |
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