

| Subject: | Headlight upgrade enlightenment. Was: Re: vanagon Digest - 18 Jan 2016 to 19 Jan 2016 (#2016-33) |
| From: | TJ Hemrick |
| Date: | Wed, 20 Jan 2016 00:29:50 -0500 |
Jim, He was blinded by science! (cue the music) TJ > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:06:26 -0600 > From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: Re: Headlight upgrades > > 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: >> =20 >> Getting waaaaay off-topic, gentlemen. >> =20 >> =20 >> BenT=20 >> Mod >> =20 >>> On Jan 19, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> =20 >>> dinosaur thoughts on that topic: >>> =20 >>> http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=3D2859 >>> =20 >>> =20 >>> =20 >>>>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:41 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrot= > e: >>>>> =20 >>>>> On 15 Jan , 2016, at 8:59 PM, John Rodgers wrote: >>>>> =20 >>>>> 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. >>>> =20 >>>> This is actually Quite Incorrect ~ The "Normal" ColorTemp' of >>>> SunLight @ Earth SeaLevel >>>> =20 >>>> Is considered to be 5780=C2=BAK ~ All WhiteLight between about 4400K & 1= > 2000K >>>> is referred to as >>>> =20 >>>> "Bluish White" ~ >>>> =20 >>>> Atmospheric Conditions & Time of Day or Night or Whatever >>>> LightingConditions You Happen to >>>> =20 >>>> be Viewing Your Surroundings under have a Huge influence on what Your Ey= > es >>>> are Accustomed >>>> =20 >>>> to Seeing as Our Eyes & Brains, in Concert, are Constantly Adjusting to >>>> make the Ambient Light >>>> =20 >>>> that We are Immersed in, @ any given time, Seem Normal ~ If You are >>>> Driving on a road that is >>>> =20 >>>> Illuminated solely by Your HeadLights then it is Your Headlights >>>> ColorTemp' that Your Eyes&Brain >>>> =20 >>>> Adjust to ~ So if Your HeadLights are OldYellers, down around 2K, & You >>>> happen upon a vehicle >>>> =20 >>>> that has Sylvania SilverStarUltras (ie Me) which sport a Temp' of 4100=C2= > =BAK, >>>> Your Eye/BrainCombo >>>> =20 >>>> will VeryLikely See My Lights as Being Extremely BlueWhite while If I am= > >>>> riding behind My SSSUs >>>> =20 >>>> & encounter an oncoming set of SSSUs I will Perceive Them to be a Fairly= > >>>> Normal White ~ >>>> =20 >>>> ORR ~ DeanB >>>> =20 > > ------------------------------
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