[Waverley ARS] HID lights

[Eddie Hanham]

Yes they are becoming quite popular for enthusiastic drivers.
Different models can operate from 4500 to 8000deg Kelvin the latter  
is close to being daylight - hence the bluish tinge when seen at 
night. 

They give out about 4 to 5 times the light of a  halogen globe. Good 
for oldies with dimming vision  to drive at night. 

They are gas discharge using zenon gas and need kilovolts to strike 
them. Same principle as street lights and projector globes.  Maybe 
that's why LCD Projectors are getting cheaper.

As to RF interference if you are mobile, maybe on startup they could 
be a potential problem, but interference would be shortlived.  

Not sure how much they would add to background noise though when 
driving.

Anybody out their with a Mercedes or high end car that knows?


Eddie VK2BEH

    On 13 Sep 2006 at 21:36, Brad Crowe wrote:

> 
> These HID lights are new to me.  The below link takes you to where 
> they are used for car driving lights:-
> 
> http://www.tbyrnemotorsports.com/hids/hids.html
> 
> Some new model cars have a bluish tint, perhaps they are using HID head lamps?
> 
> Since they function by electric discharge I wonder if they are a 
> source of radio interference?
> 
> 73 Brad VK2CEC
> 
> 
> 
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