Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan
Subject:Re: Don't yell at me but I tried led H4
From:Fjazzbass
Date:Sat, 10 Jun 2017 23:21:10 -0400

Ok, so then the battery is overcharging every time you don't have the headlights on?

Voltage regulator anyone?

Sent from my iPad

> On Jun 10, 2017, at 9:13 PM, Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM> wrote:
> 
> There was a comment in another forum that LED headlights are bad because they would cause the battery to overcharge. I have never heard of such a thing. Bunk, right?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2017, at 3:48 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> 
>> I actually found what I think is a great solution for the 7" rounds.  You
>> can see them at the link here and there are some videos of my experience
>> with them:
>> 
>> https://www.vanagain.com/shop/7-inch-round-led-vanagon-headlight-set/
>> 
>>> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 4:06 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That's good to know.  In that case, I suspect too much blue component.
>>> White LEDs are really blue LEDs with a yellow phosphor on top.
>>> 
>>> Yrs,
>>> d
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Nope, and I have the pics to prove that. I can't detect any significant
>>>> stray light when compared to halogens when I shine on wall.
>>>> 
>>>> Alistair
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 10, 2017, at 8:36 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'll bet you a t'ousand dollar it's uncontrolled stray light.
>>>> 
>>>> Yrs,
>>>> d
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes I'm still running those bulbs. Just as an aside, my full write ups
>>> on
>>>>> my blog (https://shufti.blog/ and use the search box on the right with
>>>>> search terms h4 led) goes into detail why I chose those particular
>>> units.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm fairly happy with the bulbs and the light produced. But there are
>>>>> drawbacks and they might be due to the nature of the light produced by
>>> the
>>>>> leds. I've said over and over that the low beam light is great, I like
>>> it a
>>>>> lot.
>>>>> But the high beams seem not to have the penetrative ability that
>>> halogens
>>>>> have. During the winter months when it was often rainy and misty, I
>>> found
>>>>> that the led lights "blow back"
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com

Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »