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Subject:Re: Headlight upgrades
From:BenT
Date:Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:46:56 -0600

Getting waaaaay off-topic, gentlemen.

BenT 
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> On Jan 19, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> dinosaur thoughts on that topic:
> 
> http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2859
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:41 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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