Re: [MBZ] That recent discussion of bulb-out relays ...
A friend of mine bought a brand new first year BMW R90S. It came out with the H4. I had always thought the H3 in my R75/5 was good, but that H4 was at least twice as good as the H3. When I rode with him, I let him go first to light the way. The H3 was at least twice as good as the DOT sealed beams in cars at the time. Thus I bought H4s for my 200D. I upgraded the BMW to an H4, but then the alternator could not keep the battery charged... Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote on 12/28/18 9:59 AM: US DoT mandated 35W (or less) headlight bulbs. Unless for use on a motorcycle. I put 100W/80W H4's in our long-gone 450SL. (Relays, etc.) High beams were thus 400W total, the light output was magnificent. Bulbs procured at NAPA, something like $8 each. That car didn't have a lamp-out module, so I didn't have to fight that particular battle. http://formicapeak.com/~jimc/JSLlights.html -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] That recent discussion of bulb-out relays ...
US DoT mandated 35W (or less) headlight bulbs. Unless for use on a motorcycle. I put 100W/80W H4's in our long-gone 450SL. (Relays, etc.) High beams were thus 400W total, the light output was magnificent. Bulbs procured at NAPA, something like $8 each. That car didn't have a lamp-out module, so I didn't have to fight that particular battle. http://formicapeak.com/~jimc/JSLlights.html -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] That recent discussion of bulb-out relays ...
Nice. Thanks for that. I didnt know there were different wattages for the bulbs. On Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 7:45 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes The last 100W high-beam bulbs I bought were cheap at NAPA. WAY cheaper > than all the high-wattage boutique stuff. Ask for "motorcycle headlamps". > This was a few years ago. > > -- Jim > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] That recent discussion of bulb-out relays ...
The last 100W high-beam bulbs I bought were cheap at NAPA. WAY cheaper than all the high-wattage boutique stuff. Ask for "motorcycle headlamps". This was a few years ago. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] That recent discussion of bulb-out relays ...
I just ran across an email from Dave Meimann about the subject. Craig Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:08:58 -0700 From: "Dave M." To: merce...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] Light and relays On most cars you can modify the bulb-out module (N7 on a W124) to ignore the headlights, and still function for all the *other* bulbs. It's pretty obvious when you lose a headlight anyway. I have my module modified so it works normally with my headlight relays. On the W124 it normally monitors low & high beam headlights, but does NOT monitor fog lights. I haven't a clue what the W202 does. The JC Whitney high-wattage bulbs are highly suspect and are very likely to be cheap offshore junk. All bulbs (of a given wattage) are NOT equal, even among well known brands. If you're serious about seeing at night, stick with the proven top performers - usually Philips and Osram (not Sylvania). I've got Philips Rally 100/90's in my cars now and they're mind-boggling. Just picked up some of the new Osram Hypers, which put out far more lumens per watt than other H4 bulbs, but haven't tried them yet. For "good" bulbs, buy from Dan Stern, or Peter at . :-) -Dave M. > -- > Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 22:37:19 EST > From: relng...@aol.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Light and relays > > > <> > > My '95 C280's stock light bulbs were H4 60/55. So I installed 160/100s > with relays and ran it that way for almost six years. Using relays will > light the bulb out indicator, however. But not on the non-monitored > high beam. > > BTW, you can buy hi-wattage bulbs all day long at JC Whitney. Which is > where I got the 70W H7's for my C320's inner secondary high beam. > Combined with the Bi-Xenon highs, it lights up the night. > > RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
