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Thanks everyone.
I didn't know about the fuse blowing...I do like the idea of high and low on together, but I too wonder about power drain, and over heading. I do have mountain bike lights with battery packs... that too I didn't think of, but, in that case, you have things to carry, and can't have access to your lights when you are accidentally stuck out at night.
I could hook up a relay to the battery. When the high beam goes on, it would turn on the relay sending power from a new fused line to the battery which taps into the low beam. That's something I could try. It should prevent the fuse blowing, but does of course add to the heat issue. Although, my theory would be that you use high and low when you are moving pretty quickly... thus, you are getting airflow. Also, you are at night, which is also cooler. IF I do this modification, I'll surely post pictures.
Speaking of pictures, those HID kits... anyone have some pictures of their setup, or, perhaps their LOW beam spread and High beam spread?
My dealer had the 5000k kit setup. Great info on the Kelvin and colour of light. I also like what someone said about your eyes getting used to slightly less lighting. I had NOT thought of that one... GOOD POINT: Super bright HID may prevent you from seeing things just out of the beam, as your retina is likely constricted. See, that's something I was curious about with HIGH/LOW together. I did the quad beam set up on my impala, with a switch to disable the LOW on HIGH option. I think that it's true that high beam get your eyes used to seeing farther down the road, with less light...more in tune with the path.
I did think the kit my dealer had for HID was a nice set up... I settled on a stock wattage, "super white" bulb. See what that does for me.
I didn't know about the fuse blowing...I do like the idea of high and low on together, but I too wonder about power drain, and over heading. I do have mountain bike lights with battery packs... that too I didn't think of, but, in that case, you have things to carry, and can't have access to your lights when you are accidentally stuck out at night.
I could hook up a relay to the battery. When the high beam goes on, it would turn on the relay sending power from a new fused line to the battery which taps into the low beam. That's something I could try. It should prevent the fuse blowing, but does of course add to the heat issue. Although, my theory would be that you use high and low when you are moving pretty quickly... thus, you are getting airflow. Also, you are at night, which is also cooler. IF I do this modification, I'll surely post pictures.
Speaking of pictures, those HID kits... anyone have some pictures of their setup, or, perhaps their LOW beam spread and High beam spread?
My dealer had the 5000k kit setup. Great info on the Kelvin and colour of light. I also like what someone said about your eyes getting used to slightly less lighting. I had NOT thought of that one... GOOD POINT: Super bright HID may prevent you from seeing things just out of the beam, as your retina is likely constricted. See, that's something I was curious about with HIGH/LOW together. I did the quad beam set up on my impala, with a switch to disable the LOW on HIGH option. I think that it's true that high beam get your eyes used to seeing farther down the road, with less light...more in tune with the path.
I did think the kit my dealer had for HID was a nice set up... I settled on a stock wattage, "super white" bulb. See what that does for me.
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