LED headlight bulb warning

[gbb483]

Almost all modern cars have automatic parking brakes, which come on as soon as you stop. With most, the brake lights are activated by this, not by the driver resting foot on brake pedal.

That explains a lot. I have just traded in my 12 year old daily driver for the latest model with auto-everything. I did try disabling the auto parking brake, but having a button for the 'hand brake' (which requires you to have the brake pedal depressed to disengage it) requires a completely different technique for hill starts etc. so I re-enabled it.

[jbuckl]

I read this thread.

I think I’m a ‘lud-light’

Spent about 6 years searching for a nos Lucas set of halogens.

just about the time I got a full set, I noticed a set of Lucas (4) replacements had been made for about the same price as 1 nos lamp

have not seen them offered recently though.

I do have leds in the instruments though….oh & a pair of leds as tail & brake lamps too.

Down with blindingly silly lamps.

The clowncil have installed one about 5 metres away from my bedroom too.

[022Dave]

I bought a set of Cibie headlights (now part of the Hella group) from Chris Witor last year. As with much of my enthusiastic parts buying, I have yet to fit them…

Dave

[jbuckl]

I bought a set of Cibie headlights (now part of the Hella group) from Chris Witor last year. As with much of my enthusiastic parts buying, I have yet to fit them…

Dave

Similarly afflicted here, often can’t resist buying parts just because….

[ReddiStag]

The clowncil have installed one about 5 metres away from my bedroom too.

Going a bit off-topic, but if it's shining into your house they can fit small shades on the units to deal with it. Am a former councillor and we had a few cases like this across the ward.

[Tdafforn]

Going a bit off-topic, but if it's shining into your house they can fit small shades on the units to deal with it. Am a former councillor and we had a few cases like this across the ward.

Sticking with the off topic. People on our road have been asked to fit deflectors to their outside lights for this same reason.

[DJT]

I am afraid LED headlights on new cars are here to stay, and may even get brighter. On a recent episode of Car S.O.S. Tim Shaw visited the Hella research and development department. Apparently Tungsten headlights gave out 10 Lumens per Watt, Halogen were 25 Lumens per Watt, Xenon 90 Lumens per Watt and LED are now 150 Lumens per Watt.

Worth watching Car S.O.S. Ultimate Countdown S4 Ep4 if you can.

May be worth investing in light reactive sunglasses for driving at night.

[marshman]

The law needs to catch up (as it does in many areas, e-bikes and e-scooters as another example). Lamps should be regulated by light output (i.e. lumens) rather than power (Watts).

[KOY 23]

The law needs to catch up (as it does in many areas, e-bikes and e-scooters as another example). Lamps should be regulated by light output (i.e. lumens) rather than power (Watts).

They are already, an example is that light sources less than 2000lumens don’t need headlamp washers.