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Offline Gnasher

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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #10 on: 07 December 2017, 13:14 »
I swapped mine with LED versions and whilst there is an almost unnoticable drop in light levels emitted, they match the LED fogs (and my 6000k XENON bulbs) perfectly.

They were only cheap ebay bulbs too.
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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #11 on: 08 December 2017, 12:02 »
I swapped mine with LED versions and whilst there is an almost unnoticable drop in light levels emitted, they match the LED fogs (and my 6000k XENON bulbs) perfectly.

They were only cheap ebay bulbs too.

Drop in light? I have fitted LED bulbs and they are MUCH brighter than the stock ones.


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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #12 on: 08 December 2017, 12:09 »
I swapped mine with LED versions and whilst there is an almost unnoticable drop in light levels emitted, they match the LED fogs (and my 6000k XENON bulbs) perfectly.

They were only cheap ebay bulbs too.

Drop in light? I have fitted LED bulbs and they are MUCH brighter than the stock ones.



Which led bulbs did both of you get?
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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #13 on: 08 December 2017, 15:51 »
I got these error free ones and because they were dirt cheap from Fleabay I experimented to make them fit.

The heat-sink needed "adjusting" to get the back cap on the lights but as they are illuminated for short periods it doesn't need the heat-sink. The built in fans still work to aid any cooling that is needed. They have been in over a year now. I was going to get another pair to do it neatly but they work better than expected to are still in there.


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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #14 on: 08 December 2017, 17:10 »
Whereas I got something like these...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TUINCYN-Bright-3014-144SMD-Lumens-Reverse/dp/B071768BHD/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1512752467&sr=8-29&keywords=h4+led

...and I think the one's I got were even cheaper than that. Just did it as an experiment really. Probably better to go with the other option, even with the need to modify it.
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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #15 on: 09 December 2017, 09:39 »
Some night time footage if anyone is interested.

https://youtu.be/-Kn9vqPWHvc

https://youtu.be/JnCKyboQLc4

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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #16 on: 09 December 2017, 11:20 »
Some night time footage if anyone is interested.

https://youtu.be/-Kn9vqPWHvc

https://youtu.be/JnCKyboQLc4

That flickering when they are turning off would drive me mad.
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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #17 on: 09 December 2017, 12:13 »
That is the shutter of the camera like LED's flicker when filmed. No flickering they just dim out like the Halogen to the human eye.

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Re: Bend lighting
« Reply #18 on: 09 December 2017, 17:13 »
That is the shutter of the camera like LED's flicker when filmed. No flickering they just dim out like the Halogen to the human eye.

You know I was just thinking if that was the case this afternoon.  :smiley:
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