Re: High output light bulb info: -Reply

From: mike d. (Michael Z-Sykes) (msykes@su.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 20 1999 - 21:34:27 EST


>>>These bulbs are brand new, and have just been released.. Not your
$40
set.<<<

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do you have specs on these? As far as why the are blueish and if they
are halogen? There is NO WAY to make Halogen burn blue. The only
way to alter the color halogen burns in to add another gas. I have bulbs
with a high content of Xenon as well as halogen. They are whiter than
Halogen bulbs, but there is no blue in them whatsoever (even though the
ad said they appeared blueish to oncoming traffic). The Xenon in the HID
in Lincolns and Audi's and stuff is what makes it appear blue, but there is
little or no halogen in those lighting systems, and they don't emit any blue
light. The only way to make Halogen bulbs blue is to coat them, and that
reduces light output and increases glare. I just don't see spending 70
bucks for light bulbs with a Dichroic coating. Comin' from experience, the
blue bulbs will be okay untill it rains, then you might as well not even
have your lights on.... okay, off my soap box =)

-mike d.



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