LED lamps.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 18 Dec 2010, 18:23

Xac wrote:Totally agree, what's the use of a siren that you can't tell which direction it's coming from?

Ahh, that's a relief. I thought it was only me

falling-out-with-my-car · 18 Dec 2010, 18:29

you are not alone Jim in that respect

falling-out-with-my-car · 18 Dec 2010, 18:36

hobblerian wrote: in my XM sidelights, far better than the old yellow ones. Nice and bright and a good colour match to HIDs. The light only shines forward though not an all round glow like a normal bulb.

its a matter of personal choice isnt it I prefer a bulb that spreads its light in all directions a dark coloured vechicle in a rural lane with no lights might be better off having spreaded light as opposed to a fixed beam.
headlamps dont give a true width of the vechicle in total darkness because of indicator lenses and the thickness of the wings on either side in narrow lanes this is important the side lights help to make judging the width of a vechicle easier.

hobblerian · Unread post by **hobblerian** » 18 Dec 2010, 19:08

Hope these show ok what they look like-

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 18 Dec 2010, 19:10

Crickey they're bright

hobblerian · Unread post by **hobblerian** » 18 Dec 2010, 19:17

The camera has amplified the light a little, but yes they are quite bright, much better than what was fitted before.

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 18 Dec 2010, 19:18

If the snow lets off in a bit, I might pop out and fit the ones I got.

Stempy · Unread post by **Stempy** » 18 Dec 2010, 20:40

Re, sirens....I saw something on TV a while back where they were experimenting with white noise which is much more directional. The siren wail was interrupted at intervals by a burst of white noise which made it much easier to tell which direction the sound was coming from. Never heard it on the road though, so maybe it wasn't as good as they made out.

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 18 Dec 2010, 21:21

Fitted them to Cassy this evening.

Much better light, although it doesn't show it clearly in the photo, it does light up the headlamp, they're a proper white light too, rather than the candle like light of the old bulbs.

handyman · Unread post by **handyman** » 18 Dec 2010, 23:19

Thanks for that information, Xac, just what I was after. What a difference!

S'pose I'll have to trawl the Ebay listings to find a deal, unless my suppliers can get a better rate, as I want a few of these.

H

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 18 Dec 2010, 23:26

handyman wrote:Thanks for that information, Xac, just what I was after. What a difference!
S'pose I'll have to trawl the Ebay listings to find a deal, unless my suppliers can get a better rate, as I want a few of these.

H

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT

£3.69 for the pair, cheaper than some 501s from halfrauds!
I'm going to buy more for Juliet and Jenny

Actually, just ordered some 25LED H1 replacement bulbs for the headlights so will see how they are.

Stempy · Unread post by **Stempy** » 18 Dec 2010, 23:38

There are many and varied types here

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/501194t10w5w ... 1_129.html

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 19 Dec 2010, 09:25

Good photos - very helpful. I have just blown a parklight so the 4-LED ones are worth a punt.

Unread post by **CitroJim** » 19 Dec 2010, 09:31

Looks like you've got DRLs on Cassy with those LED bulbs Xac

You can now pretend it's an Audi

Seriously, they look good...

So you can get LED H1 headlamp bulbs can you? Be interesting to see how well they work in MK1 Xantia headlights. I watch with bated breath...

Xaccers · Unread post by **Xaccers** » 19 Dec 2010, 09:59

Ordered 6 for 99p, but as it's xmas time the supplier is using a courier rather than EMS so it was around £9 for shipping, but thats still under £15 for 6 bulbs!

LED lights have come on so much in the last few years, from those horrible blue/grey lights that give about as much illumination as moonlight with no defined edge, to the newer ones which give a proper white light.
I've got a cheap tripod torch, only about 5 inches long, runs off button batteries but the illumination is bright and an edge that's so defined you'd have thought it was drawn with a pen!

My phone uses similar LEDs to the H1s, so it takes plenty of photos of people screwing up their eyes and then complaining of being blinded, so I'm hoping with 25 of them it will solve the dim headlight issue.