Headlights

Chris0nllyn

Chris0nllyn

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wittykitty said:
Ok, forumites, this time I came here to gripe, and ask for help. Lately I’m encountering seriously bright headlights, which I struggle with. I’m guessing they’re LED, right? They’re probably really nice for the driver, but damn they’re blinding! Not to mention, it does hurt my eyes after being tailgated by a larger truck for a few miles.

What type of light bulb would this be? Whatever it is, it shouldn’t be allowed.
What can I do to avoid such blindness? Is there a film that I can apply to my mirrors?
Frankly it’s dangerous as hell and I’m pretty fed up with being high-beamed!

I know someone here has a clever solution! Thanks:)
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The problem isn't the light type, it's a combination of type in a wrong housing. HID bulbs should be I. A projector housing that gives a crisp cutoff. Put HID in a halogen housing and the light pattern scatters all over, which causing blinding of oncoming drivers.

Same applies to LED headlights.
 
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nutz

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Chris0nllyn said:
The problem isn't the light type, it's a combination of type in a wrong housing. HID bulbs should be I. A projector housing that gives a crisp cutoff. Put HID in a halogen housing and the light pattern scatters all over, which causing blinding of oncoming drivers.

Same applies to LED headlights.
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happyazz

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Chris0nllyn said:
The problem isn't the light type, it's a combination of type in a wrong housing. HID bulbs should be I. A projector housing that gives a crisp cutoff. Put HID in a halogen housing and the light pattern scatters all over, which causing blinding of oncoming drivers.

Same applies to LED headlights.
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They should be outlawed!!!
 
Goldenhawk

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Chris0nllyn said:
Auto headlights are halogen, not incandescent.
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Uh, not so fast.

Halogen bulbs ARE incandescent, by definition. It's simply an incandescent bulb (a bulb that uses a heated filament to produce light) that has a capsule around the filament that includes some halogen gas, allowing the filament to burn much hotter without failing. From Wikipedia:

A halogen lamp, also known as a tungsten halogen, quartz-halogen or quartz iodine lamp, is an incandescent lamp consisting of a tungsten filament sealed into a compact transparent envelope that is filled with a mixture of an inert gas and a small amount of a halogen such as iodine or bromine. The combination of the halogen gas and the tungsten filament produces a halogen cycle chemical reaction which redeposits evaporated tungsten to the filament, increasing its life and maintaining the clarity of the envelope. For this to happen, a halogen lamp must be operated at a higher envelope temperature (250° C; 482° F)[1] than a standard vacuum incandescent lamp of similar power and operating life; this also produces light with higher luminous efficacy and color temperature. The small size of halogen lamps permits their use in compact optical systems for projectors and illumination. The small glass envelope may be enclosed in a much larger outer glass bulb for a bigger package; the outer jacket will be at a much lower and safer temperature, and it also protects the hot bulb from harmful contamination and makes the bulb mechanically more similar to a conventional lamp that it might replace.[2]
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Halogen lamp - Wikipedia

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Chris0nllyn

Chris0nllyn

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Goldenhawk said:
Uh, not so fast.

Halogen bulbs ARE incandescent, by definition. It's simply an incandescent bulb (a bulb that uses a heated filament to produce light) that has a capsule around the filament that includes some halogen gas, allowing the filament to burn much hotter without failing. From Wikipedia:


en.wikipedia.org

Halogen lamp - Wikipedia

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They are not the incandescent type affected by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 nutz was referring to.

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6enr/pdf/BILLS-110hr6enr.pdf

True incandescent bulbs in cars haven't been used in years.
 
LightRoasted

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Yup, those High Intensity Discharge (HID) lights are something akin to a florescent overhead light in the respect that they require a ballast. They also draw less power. Now, if you really want to let those asshats experience what they are doing to you, and others, get yourself on of these, an E2D DEFENDER 1,000 Lumens Tactical LED Flashlight, and blind them with the power of light that puts their 'cool' headlights to shame when they are behind you. Personally, when an asshat is behind me with those lights, high-beam, or just misaligned, I adjust my side mirror up, and go slow to piss them off. Thought one time I did use a Dewalt high output flashlight and shone it, after strategically setting the passenger side mirror, right into the driver's eyes behind me as I moved left of the lane to ensure target acquisition success. And guess what? It worked. High beams went off and merrily away we went.

There is one other lighting issue that needs addressing as well, however. All emergency vehicles, and police cars, have way too many lights, bright brake and strobing lights, of those LED lights. I say bring back the old rotating red and blue lights for cops, and a simple red for ambulances and fire trucks. The children in government and their toys has gotten way out of hand.
 
Chris0nllyn

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GWguy

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And then on the other side of the coin, you have outfits like Consumer Reports who test cars, and have been testing headlights extensively recently. Many vehicles have been given a poor rating because their headlights don't push far enough down the road and are inadequate compared to the stopping distance.
 
afjess1989

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My Car comes stock with HIDs ill have my low beams on and get high beamed from people who think mine are on. So i turn mine on for real and they then realize i dont have mine on.
 
GWguy

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Coming home from VA one night, towing a trailer so the headlights are just slightly higher than normal. Truck has LEDs. I pull up behind a Miata, top down. He starts going crazy, making motions, flipping mirrors....obviously upset about my lights. So I kicked up the high beams. He was, oh.... ok...... nebermind. Think I burned his eyeballs. But to be a nice guy, I turned off my headlights until we started moving again.
 
Chris0nllyn

Chris0nllyn

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nutz said:
Not what I said, merely your interpretation
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What you said was, something happened during the Obama administration and it's his fault incandescent bulbs stopped being used in cars years before he was even President because mfr's found better ways to manufacture better lights.
 
PrchJrkr

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afjess1989 said:
My Car comes stock with HIDs ill have my low beams on and get high beamed from people who think mine are on. So i turn mine on for real and they then realize i dont have mine on.
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Well Missy, not everyone can afford them fancy new cars with HID headlights, so you shouldn't have them either!
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I bought composite lights with halogen bulbs for my car and still haven't hooked up the projector lights into my high beam circuit. I refuse to buy a relay when I know that I have 4 of them somewhere that I bought on Ebay 20+ years ago. :lol:
 
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nutz

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Chris0nllyn said:
What you said was, something happened during the Obama administration and it's his fault incandescent bulbs stopped being used in cars years before he was even President because mfr's found better ways to manufacture better lights.
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No, no I did not.
 
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