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What output can you go to with a H4 bulb before you have to start using Ballasts? 6000k?
87manche said:The arc in a zenon bulb is different, and the light pattern will be off unless you upgrade to a lens style reflector. At least that's my understanding.
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/conversions/conversions.html
5-90 said:???
The "Xenon" bulb is usually still an incandescent filament - the envelope is just filled with Xenon gas (a heavy "noble" gas, and therefore chemically inert,) to prevent rapid oxidation of the tungsten filament. Nearly all incandescent bulbs will NOT require a "ballast."
The "ballast" is usually required for fluorescent, neon or HID/Arc lights - since there is no direct connection between poles, a mch higher voltage is required to "make the jump" between poles. The "ballast" is little more than a step-up transformer that increases the voltage.
The "6000*K" you're referring to is "colour temperature" - the higher the "temperature," the stronger the white colour, and the more glare you can get from it. A higher colour temperature is not necessarily a good thing. I'm not sure how it works, but you can start with Daniel Stern Lighting, and SureFire usually has good lighting tech online (even though it's more for handheld lights, it's good tech.) You can also try Googling "Color temperature" for more information...
5-90
91 Jeep Project said:My main thing now is the different housings we are offered. Cibies are the most expensive at $61 each. Now as far as I can tell the Hella and IPFs aren't any different. But I really don't know.
So did you gut the entire back side of the Accord housing and put the S2K projector housing in? How did you mount it and were you able to retrofit the auto level motors also?smithz said:I've actually done a full retrofit of s2000 projectors and HID bulbs and ballasts in my Accord.
JEEPZZ said:So did you gut the entire back side of the Accord housing and put the S2K projector housing in? How did you mount it and were you able to retrofit the auto level motors also?
I too feel an entire HID projector would be the best retrofit since all the optics are self enclosed within the projector, then just mount it behind a clear lens in the transplant vehicle. It's really the only way to keep the light going where the factory intended it.
I agree that an HID bulb in an H4 housing is a bad thing due to excessive glare caused by the HID bulb length.
0313 said:DJ....do you realize you responded 8 times to your own post?