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Thread Number: 63573
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Post# 861513 , Reply# 1 1/12/2016 at 21:55 (3,025 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Those stupid bright light bars blind me because they always have to have all of them turned on facing you on a 2 lane road. There should be laws against that. Newer vehicles have the softer LED lights as the daytime running lights and I can deal with those. But LED lights in a traffic light wont work. If snow is on it, no way can it generate enough heat to melt the snow.
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Post# 861558 , Reply# 5 1/13/2016 at 05:17 (3,025 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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my 01 Beetle
has retrofitted HID's in it. I've never had a single car flash their lights at me for being too bright but they are so much easier for night driving. I don't even use high beams because the color intensity 5000K makes signs and reflectors stand out. Our Lincoln MKS has articulating HID's...they move side to side with the steering wheels AND automatically dim when meeting another car. Our previous Cadillac DTS was adjusted multiple times by dealership and we still got flashed!
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Post# 861563 , Reply# 6 1/13/2016 at 06:21 (3,025 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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The replacement HID headlights I don't like are the green,purple-yes purple ones that some drivers out here put on their cars or trucks.But they do make the car easier to see in foggy or really rainy conditions.The throw of these lights isn't as good as the 4K-5K ones. | ||
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Post# 861594 , Reply# 7 1/13/2016 at 11:09 (3,025 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Sorta off the subject, but annoys the poop out of me. On newer cars with LED DRL's, when the turn signals are on, the DRL on that side go off. Why? | ||
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Post# 861598 , Reply# 8 1/13/2016 at 11:15 (3,025 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 861610 , Reply# 9 1/13/2016 at 13:05 (3,025 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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LED Traffic lights and Snow
Here in Minnesota 100% of new installed traffic lights here are LED and nearly all the old ones have long since been retrofitted with LED modules. Fortunately with the shields over the lights snow accumulation doesn't happen often, but it is true there isn't nearly as much waste heat.
It was 10+ years ago when we started seeing the Red lights being retro fitted with LED's. I'm sure this was part a liability thing as one doesn't want the red light to fail. Also the cost vs candlepower of the Red LED's was generally lower then the other colors. Back to automotive applications, most indicator/turn/stop/marker lights are LED in late model cars now. This is a great thing since they will likely never need service in the life of the vehicle. They do now have full brightness white LED's that are approved for headlight application. Some of the European companies are already using them. They have been used for daytime running lights in the cars that are still wise enough to have DRL's. Years ago I retrofitted my cars with LED's replacement lamps from www.superbrightleds.com... It is cool not to worry about the brake lights failing and I can leave the interior lights on all night and the car still starts. As a generalization the LED's use 1/10th the power of an equivalent tungsten filament lamp.
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Post# 861611 , Reply# 10 1/13/2016 at 13:08 (3,025 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Gary, hit it on the head, the DRL is switched off of the side with the active signal so that the glare from the white light doesn't obscure the signal light.
This has LONG been a problem with cars where the front turn light is placed in the same cluster as the headlight. If the head light is on it does tend to obscure the visibility of the signal light. It was really nice years gone by when they placed the signal down in the bumper etc to get a little separation. I do find it annoying to see the DRL switch off though, but it does enhance visibility. | ||
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