hello peeps,
I do alot of driving on my scooter even tho it only does 50.
I have been all over the place on it,
all over linconshire which i live or as i call it the flat lands.
To cornwall 4 times on it. the last time being in February when the flooding and storms battered the uk.
so i've racked up more than a few miles on my bumblebee.
The headlights that come with it ( the stock ones) leave alot to be desired. the main beam is fine but the dipped lights are pointless. you might as well have a bday candle as a light.
So with this in mind i went e-bay shopping!
If you don't already know, in the UK the maximum wattage thats legal for dipped lights (or running lights as they are sometimes called)
is 55 watts and main beam ( or fog lights) is 100watts
bearing in mind that one brand is different from another.
You may see some cheap 55 watt lights and the slightly more expensive 40watt lights that are brighter.
any how, back on point.
i brought my self xenon lights at 55watts they put out the same amount of light as 110watt bulbs.
crazy to think there isnt a lumin limit bit there isnt.
so i checked they fitted my light fittings and they did and it said you didnt need any special attachments to dissipate heat so i popped them in and wow.
what a difference. i could see at night!
things were going great till i was out off somewhere in the middle of the night and pop! the light stops working in the middle of nowhere.
thinking i had touched the bulb when putting it in i switched on my high beams and headed home.
the next day i took apart my lights and found it had melted the plastic housing and it was totaled!
considering that the stock bulb was 35 watt and i put in a high powered bulb at 55 watts i can see why it melted.
after a check online it turns out that all bulbs are based for metal and glass housings so beware!
my advice to save £60 from having to buy a new headlight housing is go L.E.D
LOW HEAT, REALLY HIGH OUT PUT!!!!
I do alot of driving on my scooter even tho it only does 50.
I have been all over the place on it,
all over linconshire which i live or as i call it the flat lands.
To cornwall 4 times on it. the last time being in February when the flooding and storms battered the uk.
so i've racked up more than a few miles on my bumblebee.
The headlights that come with it ( the stock ones) leave alot to be desired. the main beam is fine but the dipped lights are pointless. you might as well have a bday candle as a light.
So with this in mind i went e-bay shopping!
If you don't already know, in the UK the maximum wattage thats legal for dipped lights (or running lights as they are sometimes called)
is 55 watts and main beam ( or fog lights) is 100watts
bearing in mind that one brand is different from another.
You may see some cheap 55 watt lights and the slightly more expensive 40watt lights that are brighter.
any how, back on point.
i brought my self xenon lights at 55watts they put out the same amount of light as 110watt bulbs.
crazy to think there isnt a lumin limit bit there isnt.
so i checked they fitted my light fittings and they did and it said you didnt need any special attachments to dissipate heat so i popped them in and wow.
what a difference. i could see at night!
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| this is what is left, a black melted plastic holder. this is after it was cleaned up for a quick light fix but it didnt work for long. |
things were going great till i was out off somewhere in the middle of the night and pop! the light stops working in the middle of nowhere.
thinking i had touched the bulb when putting it in i switched on my high beams and headed home.
the next day i took apart my lights and found it had melted the plastic housing and it was totaled!
considering that the stock bulb was 35 watt and i put in a high powered bulb at 55 watts i can see why it melted.
after a check online it turns out that all bulbs are based for metal and glass housings so beware!
my advice to save £60 from having to buy a new headlight housing is go L.E.D
LOW HEAT, REALLY HIGH OUT PUT!!!!
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