Is this false info on head light stuff?

[JAM]

Guys, I was looking to upgrade my headlights to brighter ones, and was going to get the sealed beam conversion kit from eurolights.

They stated that the H7 70 watt bulb has the output of a 100 watt?? (see below)

"We include our 70watt, actual brightness equal to 100watt bulbs with the kits for lowbeams and highbeams."

Is this just BS [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] or are the Xenon bulbs creating that much extra light?

[Blazzin Joe]

Its not simply about the wattage, you have to judge the light output in Lumens. It is easily possible for a lower wattage light to out put more lumens than a higher wattage light. It all depends on what color spectrum the light is emitting on. One part of the spectrum is going to be bright etc...

[Big Tymer]

in short... xenon gas keeps the filament ( spelling? ) cooler... in turn will burn brighter...

( info below not to be used, just made up numbers for example )

75 watt halogen ( stock) 4000k on the "brightness scale)
75 watt xenon 6000k on the brightnes scale....


also bulbs with some krypton help also.... the best aftermarket bulbs i would go for are called showoff( may be spelled a dif way i cant remember)
I went through 3 dif types in my slowstang when i had it a while back.... by far showoff was the best...

[JAM]

Thanks Big Tymer! I figure anything is going to be an improvment over the stock firebird lights. Heck, I had motocycles that had a brighter single head light. LOL [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

I just bought the eurolight kit which is the same thing as auto optiks, except they send the female connector, and the Xeon bulbs as well. This way you don't have to waste time hunting other needed parts. ;)

It said it ships within 24-48 hours. So might get it today. That would be sweet! Wish I had a digital camera to get pics for you guys.

I would have gotten real HID from Tbryne, but crap... way too expensive for me. The eurolights / autooptiks is enough $ already. LOL

[slow]

the "brightness scale" is not the correct term.

the K number is the color temperature, in degrees kelvin. ie, 4000K or 6000K

Lumens is the light output, and kelvin is the temperature.

you can get more output with a different lamp, but that has many variables. But most of the automovie bulbs are misleading advertising.

Ryan. <-- i know too much lighting stuff.

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[95Batmobile]

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the "brightness scale" is not the correct term.

the K number is the color temperature, in degrees kelvin. ie, 4000K or 6000K

Lumens is the light output, and kelvin is the temperature.

you can get more output with a different lamp, but that has many variables. But most of the automovie bulbs are false advertising.

Ryan. &lt;-- i know too much lighting stuff.<hr></blockquote>

How the hell does the light hit 6000 degrees K?
Yeah lets put a blowtorch in the front of my car!
lol sorry for the sarcasm, but that is a really high temperature... is that like the max temp it can operate at or something?

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Glass begins to melt at 2400*F... that's less than half of 6000*K
I am confused now lol

BTW, how much was the kit JAM?

[slow]

it is not the actual temperature of the lamp itself, but the output.

http://www.schorsch.com/kbase/glossary/cct.html

this is a little bit of an explanation.

I have more, with my theatrical lighting stuff, let me find it, and i'll post it.

Ryan

[magic1872]

www.autooptiks.com

get the H7UH 2300 lumes...something close to that and they are 100Watts.....very bright. I like them...