

| Subject: | Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4 |
| From: | kenneth wilford (Van-Again) |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:17:25 -0500 |
They are kind of similar. It looks like they may have a fan on the rear of the bulb and a heat sink. Also there is a box where electronics lives that reminds me of the HID bulbs they we were experimenting with a little while ago. I wanted to install these today and do the video but it is raining here and my shop is tied up at the moment. Maybe if I can get the bus I am working on out of the shop or have a decent weather day, I can install them on a customer's van that is here right now and do the video. I have some pictures from my friend that I supplied them to for testing purposes and he loves them and they do give off more light and a nice white light that doesn't look weird (HIDs I am thinking of you). Ken On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Kenneth, > > Are the similar in form factor to the ones I posted on my blog? The link > to the source is also on the blog post. > > Are they passively cooled or do they have a fan? > > And do they interfere with weak radio signals or communication radio? > > Btw, The bulbs come with adapters to fit H4, H7, H11, 9005, 9006. > > Alistair > > > > > > On Jan 17, 2017, at 8:05 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) < > kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > > > > I have been experimenting with LED and HID bulbs in the square headlights > > for a while now. Just waiting until I got enough experience with them to > > talk to the List and my customers about them. I tried the HIDs first and > > they worked kinda sorta. If you have low voltage problem at the > > headlights, the HIDs will refuse to come on. :-( Since lots of Vanagons > > have this issue and the light from them is very glaringly not stock, I > have > > decided that HIDs are a bad choice for the Vanagon although they do put > out > > a lot of light. There is the strange issue that the high beams on the > HIDs > > are still halogens too. Yeah weird. > > > > The LEDs seem to be the best option and I have found some bulbs that seem > > to work well, and not really have much of a down side. I know folks are > > switching over to the H4 round lights and that is fine and dandy but > there > > will always be those of us that actually like the square headlight look, > > but want more light. Since the H4 squares have been off the scene for a > > while now, going with an LED bulb in place of the crappy 9004 bulb in the > > DOT housing is something I wanted to try out. I am probably going to do > a > > video on it on my Youtube channel in the near future and compare with the > > stock DOT lights. Then we are going to be selling the LED bulbs through > > our site at that point, so if you are interested let me know. They will > be > > in the $60 range for a pair of bulbs, which isn't too bad for something > > that is pretty much a drop in replacement. Yes it is alot more than the > > stock bulbs but something that actually puts out a nice light and isn't > as > > touchy about voltage, unloads the headlight switch without relays. There > > are lots of pluses. > > > > Ken Wilford > > John 3:16 > > www.vanagain.com > > > >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Raimund Feussner <ray@v6bus.de> > wrote: > >> > >> Alistair, > >> > >> please also report any oncoming traffic that feels blinded by your LEDs. > >> This is mostly the reason why police stops you with non-streetlegal > >> bulbs...in Germany. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Raimund > >> > >> > >>> Am 17.01.2017 um 15:05 schrieb Johann Koenig: > >>> > >>> Just picked up 7" LED buckets: > >>> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_2564_141/led_headlight_pair.html > >>> > >>> Have not installed yet but when I stopped by to pick them up yesterday > the > >>> staff said they are very good. > >>> > >>> On Jan 16, 2017 11:40 PM, "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >>> > >>> I had to try, the bulbs looked like they would work. And did they? > >>>> > >>>> See here on my blog > >>>> > >>>> https://shufti.blog/2017/01/16/vanagon-h4-led-light-bulb-experiment/ > >>>> > >>>> Wasn't a complete waste of time and money, it was interesting. > >>>> > >>>> Alistair > >>>> > >>>> > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Ken Wilford > > John 3:16 > > www.vanagain.com > -- Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com
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