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Harpo
post Dec 7 2013, 10:31 AM
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This seems too good to be true. If the seller had a higher rating I might consider it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LED-Headlight-Conv...300442806023%26

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post Dec 9 2013, 08:22 AM
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You wanted a horse, but got a goat. Nobody wants a goat....
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If you are buying these for long life consider this.

The Cree LED emitters used here have a very good reputation and have proven to be long life units. Claims of 40,000 hours plus for the emmiters are conservative.

The failure point is in the drivers. Heat is the problem, and since this design uses small fans to dissipate the heat, you now have another failure point.

Fans and drivers won't typically go the 40,000 hours plus. The emmiters typically will go on forever if run cool.......

Why buy a solid state light source that has to be kept alive by an inductive mechanical device.

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Harpo   LED H4 conversion   Dec 7 2013, 10:31 AM
JmuRiz   Very interesting, I know nada about lights etc...w...   Dec 7 2013, 01:25 PM
billh1963   That is cool. I wonder about longevity, legality, ...   Dec 7 2013, 01:39 PM
pcar916   This is bulbs and electronics for later cars that ...   Dec 7 2013, 02:18 PM
Spoke   ... but fans? Really. Contrary to marketing of l...   Dec 7 2013, 02:59 PM
gothspeed   So far i was gonna go HID, because they draw less ...   Dec 7 2013, 02:22 PM
mikesmith   These are going to give you a weird light throw pa...   Dec 7 2013, 02:28 PM
Mike Bellis   If your reflector in the lens is not setup for the...   Dec 7 2013, 02:33 PM
gothspeed   The only time you need 360 degree light is during ...   Dec 7 2013, 02:37 PM
mikesmith   The light output from a planar LED like this is no...   Dec 7 2013, 02:57 PM
mikesmith   ... and that someone is at least *trying* to do th...   Dec 7 2013, 03:12 PM
gothspeed   It would actually be a good thing that more light ...   Dec 7 2013, 03:13 PM
mikesmith   It's not going to be "on axis" becau...   Dec 7 2013, 10:58 PM
gothspeed   The whole point of the parabolic reflector is to e...   Dec 7 2013, 11:31 PM
Eric_Shea   Back to the "I doubt it would fit with the fa...   Dec 8 2013, 09:41 AM
mikesmith   I'm not done with "you don't seem to ...   Dec 8 2013, 02:05 PM
gothspeed   Light from a projector is 'focused' to a v...   Dec 8 2013, 08:20 PM
tomeric914   Not cheap, but well known in the HD trucking indus...   Dec 8 2013, 10:03 PM
mikesmith   I mentioned these earlier. The GE units are just r...   Dec 8 2013, 11:11 PM
gothspeed   I have seen those truck lights, they have a divder...   Dec 9 2013, 05:07 AM
wndsnd   If you are buying these for long life consider thi...   Dec 9 2013, 08:22 AM


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