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Subject:Re: ebay plasma blue headlights
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:25:14 +1200

>I am having more problems seeing these days "hears but
>does not see".   Can anyone give my feedback on the
>plasma blue headlights that I see on ebay from time to
>time.   Are they any better than just replacing my
>aging stock low beam with a new bulb?   Has anyone
>purchased from ron or ken an upgrade?   It is just the
>low beams that give me problems.   thanks gary

These are NOT gas-discharge ("plasma") lights; they are ordinary 12V
QH bulbs mwith a bluish coating to give a fake gas-discharge
appearance.

Gas-discharge lights do not get hot; they also use a high voltage, if
I remember correctly, about 30000V. Definitely not yet available as
replacements for normal lights... and you would need the entire
light, not just the emitter (can't really call it a bulb, I guess).

Some European and Japanese cars (Toyota Celsior = Lexus LS series).

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Andrew Grebneff
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<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Ph: 0064 (3) 473-8863 fax: 0064 (3) 479-7527
1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan
1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van
1989 Toyota Corona 2.0D Select CT170 diesel sedan
1992 Toyota Estima Lucida 2.2 turbodiesel MPV (=narrow "Previa")
1984 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with 260hp Subaru SVX flat-6 &
Porsche G50 trans)
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