Subject	FYI re 55w
Posted by	blackomega on April 08, 2010 at 12:40 AM
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In Reply To	55W HID kit installed. posted by SWhiteTT(WA) on April 07, 2010 at 11:24 PM
Message	"Hi Matt Yes the best luminance is the lower colour temp 4200K is the same as the one in all new Cars with factory fit Xenon/HID. Wattage is one area that has been misinterpreted and miss informed on the internet by those who don't understand or know the technology so I hope this explanation will give you the information in a way that can be easily understood. All Xenon HID D2 lamps are 35W there is no 55 W lamp manufactured so what is being quoted as 'brighter' because it is being claimed is 55 W is simply a Chinese manufacturer ( no quality or OE Ballast manufacturerer (Bosch/Valeo/Hella/Osram/Philips) makes a 55W ballast so if there is truly a ballast rated at 55W then all it is going to achieve is work the 35W lamp much harder and in turn kill the life of the lamp without gaining any advantage, in reality we have not experienced any system that claims to be 55W giving any better performance, in all tests we have run in our labs there is no comparison for the Philips kit with 35W HID giving 3 x the actual light output of the 55W halogen bulb that is being converted; added to this is the quality of the glass and with the OE manufacturers such as Philips/Osram/GE all their D2 burners use UV cut quartz glass. A simple example of higher luminance from the same wattage with the same technology would be the comparison between a standard 9005 and a Philips 9005 X-treme Power both are the same wattage but the luminance is increased by higher pressure in the glass envelope and a different mix of gasses so that this enables the filament to burn hotter and whiter giving more light, yet with the halogen lamps this brightness comes at a cost and that is life, this is not the case with a 35W Xenon/HID lamp when run with the correct ballast. I hope this explains clearly but please ask if you have any further questions. Regards Janet Customer Services [ www.autolamps-online.com ] " ___________________ "If everybody is thinking alike, somebody isn't thinking." "Pressure makes diamonds." ~~ George S. Patton Blow money on your Z, it deserves it. It loves you.
Follow Ups	55W HID kit installed. - SWhiteTT(WA) 23:24:12 04/07/10 Those look nice and clean. - MyDreamZ 23:38:22 04/07/10 Interior LEDs are white (n/m) - SWhiteTT(WA) 01:51:36 04/08/10 DDM? (n/m) - Multi_Read (MO) 00:25:00 04/08/10 They're (n/m) - SWhiteTT(WA) 01:52:11 04/08/10 looks nIce - paul1994 00:29:33 04/08/10 Thanks. Seattle indeed. (n/m) - SWhiteTT(WA) 01:53:18 04/08/10 FYI re 55w - blackomega 00:40:05 04/08/10 thanks for the head-up. - SWhiteTT(WA) 01:57:44 04/08/10 There actually 50w, See link inside - 550HPTT 06:13:22 04/08/10 While I agree ... - NytWolf 11:07:33 04/08/10 I thought the explaination I posted seemed pretty clear - blackomega 11:34:51 04/08/10 So your point is? - 550HPTT 20:48:40 04/08/10 Looks nice, 5000k or 6000k? (n/m) - Stadsport (PHX) 01:51:25 04/08/10 6000K since I like a slight blue in it. (n/m) - SWhiteTT(WA) 01:54:24 04/08/10 5000K would have had it too. (n/m) - ZiNnYc 03:34:29 04/08/10 but the 55w ballast would wash-out some of the color - SWhiteTT(WA) 10:34:47 04/08/10 i do hate blue headlights (n/m) - dpjax 08:20:20 04/08/10 I do as well..I do hate all the after market HID's.. - DZYR(NoVa) 08:59:39 04/08/10 2nd that. Im blue da ba dee da ba di da ba dee da ba di... (n/m) - ZooterMcGavin (NoVa) 10:36:26 04/08/10 Re: 55W HID kit installed. - Z_Cherub 09:24:41 04/08/10 I did it a few months ago and love it! (n/m) - fototodd 13:27:28 04/09/10
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