Thread: replacement headlight bulbs.

<span style="color:blue">you are so impatient....you should be driving a crusier......</span>

8O 8O

and i remember you as being so polite :!:

Now thats a bit harsh!

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Pedro, I will swap over my Osrams for the OEM this weekend and with the trusty light meter I can measure the difference in Lux

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so,, is it the weekend in sid in e yet?
or- *bump* if you prefer :wink:[/b][/quote]

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Ok....

Remember the rotten egg gas experiments we did in school science?

Aim:

To measure the difference in light output between OEM headlight lamps and Osram +50% lamps

Method:

Park Disco 600 mm from garage wall (garage unlit)
Ignite Disco and low beam.
Find brightest spot on wall and mark position of light meter on wall. (Driver's Side)
Measure level with light meter and record.
Quench lights.
Change lamps (caution lamp is hot 8O ops: :roll: )
Turn on lights.
Place light meter on mark, measure and record
Scratch head and do it again
Extinguish lights and Disco
Refit superior lamps.


Results:

OEM lamps: 26200 light thingies
Osram lamps: 25900 light thingies

Conclusion:

8O :?

Hi One, this is basically what I found with the Narva 50+.

I wander they are actually the same globe as the Osram.

Any body want a cheap set of Narva 50+ globes. Only done about two hours work.

Originally posted by drivesafe
Hi One, this is basically what I found with the Narva 50+.

I wander they are actually the same globe as the Osram.

Any body want a cheap set of Narva 50+ globes. Only done about two hours work.

I recollect that the Osrams made a difference visually at the time I installed them (pre-wiring upgrade). Or maybe it was just a colour change.

I wonder if the wiring upgrade is a factor? I measured betwen 20 to 30% improvement when I did that. This is the best route.

The more I study into light improvement the more I think the wiring upgrade is the way to go too.

I have a set of IPFs and I’m anything but impressed with them and I personally find them some what over rated.

After our GCLRO Club workshop last weekend, where a number of members were fitting IPFs, the first thing I noticed was the grossly inadequate wiring loom that came with the lights.

This is not an uncommon feature of any brand of driving lights that come with there own loom. They are all made with wire that can only be rated as bear minimum thickness wire.

When you are paying the price that is asked for driving lights like IPFs, these pathetic wire looms are nothing short of ****POOR.

To add problem, with the waterproof IPFs, is that upgrading is made harder because they have their own independent type of plugs and sockets which means cutting and joining wire is required to improve the cabling.

The next time I need new driving lights, IPFs will not be high on my list of choices.

A long time ago--
when I did my electrical appenticeship( :roll: )

after we had refurbished them,
we had to re-lug the starter cables on Snowy Mountains DC generators,,

the Commission would randomly pick a lug to be cut in half,,

and these were 45 mm across---

a dry joint would have cost the company ???
maybe not the contract,, maybe.

talk to me about soldered joints.