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Subject:Re: Headlight upgrades
From:Ralph Meyermann
Date:Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:59:12 -0600

I recently did the vision kit from Bus Depot and love the results! I tried
some newer housings and some led bulbs but the polarity changes on low/high
switch point or something of that sort which boggles me and the high beams
didn't work
On Jan 19, 2016 12:51 PM, "OlRivrRat" <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 15 Jan , 2016, at 8:59 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>
> > The human eye is not designed to deal with that
> > bluewhite light, wut with a yellow light, as in sunlight. Thousands of
> > years of evolution at work.
>
>         This is actually Quite Incorrect ~ The "Normal" ColorTemp' of
> SunLight @ Earth SeaLevel
>
> Is considered to be 5780ºK ~ All WhiteLight between about 4400K & 12000K
> is referred to as
>
> "Bluish White" ~
>
> Atmospheric Conditions & Time of Day or Night or Whatever
> LightingConditions You Happen to
>
> be Viewing Your Surroundings under have a Huge influence on what Your Eyes
> are Accustomed
>
> to Seeing as Our Eyes & Brains, in Concert, are Constantly Adjusting to
> make the Ambient Light
>
> that We are Immersed in, @ any given time, Seem Normal ~ If You are
> Driving on a road that is
>
> Illuminated solely by Your HeadLights then it is Your Headlights
> ColorTemp' that Your Eyes&Brain
>
> Adjust to ~ So if Your HeadLights are OldYellers, down around 2K, & You
> happen upon a vehicle
>
> that has Sylvania SilverStarUltras (ie Me) which sport a Temp' of 4100ºK,
> Your Eye/BrainCombo
>
> will VeryLikely See My Lights as Being Extremely BlueWhite while If I am
> riding behind My SSSUs
>
> & encounter an oncoming set of SSSUs I will Perceive Them to be a Fairly
> Normal White ~
>
>                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
>

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