I WISH in my country we had the same laws. So many uncaring idiots fit LED or HID units to stock standard polycarb headlights and happily blind oncoming traffic while the lamp housing lens slowing turns a yellow-brown....
Thanks for the education!! I've often wondered what the difference was between the housings. I've tried LED bulbs and got some improvement, but not HID - level improvement. I'm going to just live with it.
If you think that is bright, the average cinema xenon is 2/3 KW and forced air cooled. Even bigger one are water cooled. The reason it went pink is due to air mixing with the xenon gas. It wont light now because all the xenon gas has gone, all you have now is air. In cinema use you should NEVER look directly at the lamp, it WILL damage your eyes. In fact you have to ware protective body suit and eye protection even when turned off because of the possibility of explosion due to the high pressure in side, even when cold. If one should explode (and they do!) in use it often destroys the mirror and can even dent the metal lamp house. You are probably safe with that little dinky one!
Biggest problem with HID lights on a car is the requirement for instant high brightness, which is going to seriously damage the electrodes, leading to your cracking. The actual lamp envelope is quartz, but the outer glass is coated on the inside with a UV blocking film, or is doped to block UV, the glass itself does fluoresce with the UV light, just the lamp light overpowers the pale blue glow. The lamp contains no mercury, only a pair of doped tungsten electrodes, some metal salt ( rare earth oxide blend) and a fill of Xenon gas inside. Can be disposed of like an regular incandescent lamp, though the recycler will get the tiny amount of tungsten out, and the glass will be ground up and used to make new glass again. Rare earth fragments will just bne a small contaminant in the glass.
very neat. i watched a vid on about those vs led and halogen etc months back just cause i could. kinda cool to see how one works and what one looks like when it failed (yes im horrible for loving lights i have all kinds in my home it never ends it drives people insane when i can tell them history or where or not to use them or what chemical make that does which color etc.)
Hey man, cool video, I have an Audi A3 2012 and had a question. My hid bulb is a d3s bulb, and I just wanted to know about the 2 pins in the middle of the Bulb. Should they connect? Or should it just look like short stubs. Also one side of the ark seems cloudy but the other is clear. I’ve just bough the bulb and want to make sure it works as it looks slightly used
i did a HID headlight conversion i bought a xion kit and yes i did have to lower my headlight assemblies so it would show more light for me yes very bright and i only have the 35 watt it costed me 54$ USD it was on my 1990 ford f150 I think they run much cooler than the halogen bulbs i don't feel any heat not even in the slightest on the lens but with the old bulbs yes they was very warm i did debate on led or hid at first but i seen people saying led's are not bright enough and or no better than the old bulbs HID have a gas to warm up and I have noticed that first turn on is very bright then they start to get brighter I seen stock cars new have the same thing so i don't think any of it I have the pure white 4300K color still look kinda blue for some reason I wanted the 3100k or the 3200k stock color but those are non existence in hid's i've looked
OK interesting to see how all that worked. I just bought 2 replacement headlights for my 96 S-10 at $11,00 a piece. Of coarse they are not that bright, as I would like to have them.
CCFL backlights also go pink when they reach EOL, but they'll also do it when they are simply too cold. I don't think it's from air ingress, just low efficiency because of age or temperature.
Side note; Xenon HID bulbs are actually metal halide bulbs just like your normal metal halide bulbs in street lamps, only designed specifically for the cars with the Xenon gas fill rather than the usual Argon, so for 35 Watts version, the arc voltage is around 90 Volts AC. I should know that as I have been using the 35 - 39 Watts ceramic metal halide bulbs with the 35 Watts HID inverter ballast (Hylux A2088) in my modified Halogen spotlight no problem.
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I WISH in my country we had the same laws. So many uncaring idiots fit LED or HID units to stock standard polycarb headlights and happily blind oncoming traffic while the lamp housing lens slowing turns a yellow-brown....
Kudos for proper hid use!
Thanks for the education!! I've often wondered what the difference was between the housings. I've tried LED bulbs and got some improvement, but not HID - level improvement. I'm going to just live with it.
If you think that is bright, the average cinema xenon is 2/3 KW and forced air cooled. Even bigger one are water cooled. The reason it went pink is due to air mixing with the xenon gas. It wont light now because all the xenon gas has gone, all you have now is air. In cinema use you should NEVER look directly at the lamp, it WILL damage your eyes. In fact you have to ware protective body suit and eye protection even when turned off because of the possibility of explosion due to the high pressure in side, even when cold. If one should explode (and they do!) in use it often destroys the mirror and can even dent the metal lamp house. You are probably safe with that little dinky one!
Biggest problem with HID lights on a car is the requirement for instant high brightness, which is going to seriously damage the electrodes, leading to your cracking. The actual lamp envelope is quartz, but the outer glass is coated on the inside with a UV blocking film, or is doped to block UV, the glass itself does fluoresce with the UV light, just the lamp light overpowers the pale blue glow. The lamp contains no mercury, only a pair of doped tungsten electrodes, some metal salt ( rare earth oxide blend) and a fill of Xenon gas inside. Can be disposed of like an regular incandescent lamp, though the recycler will get the tiny amount of tungsten out, and the glass will be ground up and used to make new glass again. Rare earth fragments will just bne a small contaminant in the glass.
Funny thing: few hours ago I was thinking on putting led headlights to my new car (ford fiesta) and I tought: maybe i should ask Dave for his opinion.
very neat. i watched a vid on about those vs led and halogen etc months back just cause i could. kinda cool to see how one works and what one looks like when it failed (yes im horrible for loving lights i have all kinds in my home it never ends it drives people insane when i can tell them history or where or not to use them or what chemical make that does which color etc.)
Great video 👍
Hey man, cool video, I have an Audi A3 2012 and had a question. My hid bulb is a d3s bulb, and I just wanted to know about the 2 pins in the middle of the Bulb. Should they connect? Or should it just look like short stubs. Also one side of the ark seems cloudy but the other is clear. I’ve just bough the bulb and want to make sure it works as it looks slightly used
Hello! Another nice video.
What aftermarket setup did you go with (Morimoto)?
Dam that good one was bright, and they last a good time.
i did a HID headlight conversion i bought a xion kit and yes i did have to lower my headlight assemblies so it would show more light for me yes very bright and i only have the 35 watt it costed me 54$ USD it was on my 1990 ford f150 I think they run much cooler than the halogen bulbs i don't feel any heat not even in the slightest on the lens but with the old bulbs yes they was very warm i did debate on led or hid at first but i seen people saying led's are not bright enough and or no better than the old bulbs HID have a gas to warm up and I have noticed that first turn on is very bright then they start to get brighter I seen stock cars new have the same thing so i don't think any of it I have the pure white 4300K color still look kinda blue for some reason I wanted the 3100k or the 3200k stock color but those are non existence in hid's i've looked
I never heard of those. Interesting.
So they start becoming colder and eventually UV or they blow up?
OK interesting to see how all that worked. I just bought 2 replacement headlights for my 96 S-10 at $11,00 a piece. Of coarse they are not that bright, as I would like to have them.
CCFL backlights also go pink when they reach EOL, but they'll also do it when they are simply too cold. I don't think it's from air ingress, just low efficiency because of age or temperature.
Make a great bicycle headlight too.
Side note; Xenon HID bulbs are actually metal halide bulbs just like your normal metal halide bulbs in street lamps, only designed specifically for the cars with the Xenon gas fill rather than the usual Argon, so for 35 Watts version, the arc voltage is around 90 Volts AC. I should know that as I have been using the 35 - 39 Watts ceramic metal halide bulbs with the 35 Watts HID inverter ballast (Hylux A2088) in my modified Halogen spotlight no problem.
I think that may be my issue. I hear a loud spark, similar to this. Then the bulb would not stay on.