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Subject:Re: Headlight upgrades
From:Jim Felder
Date:Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:06:26 -0600

Ben,

I don't see how you can say that LOL!

Jim

> On Jan 19, 2016, at 3:46 PM, BenT <syncro@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Getting waaaaay off-topic, gentlemen.
> 
> 
> BenT 
> Mod
> 
>> 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
>>>