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What is the Kelvin(K) rating on 360 HID's?

Discussion in 'Technical Q&A' started by Nuvolari, Aug 27, 2004.

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  1. Nuvolari

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    #1 Nuvolari, Aug 27, 2004
    I'm wondering what the Kelvin rating is on the OEM HID headlight bulbs that come on the 360? They seem more purple than others on the road and was wondering what their Kelvin (K) number was?
     
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    #2 ferrarifixer, Aug 28, 2004
    This has to be a contender for "Nerd of the year" post award!
     
  3. Jon@Tezta

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    #3 Jon@Tezta, Aug 28, 2004
    Id say around 5000K Ive seen 6000K on a mercedes CLK and it is quite purple as stock is around 4300K for optimal visability, and that is blue and can look very white when viewing the car head on.. So my guess is 5000K or around that.
     
  4. Nuvolari

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    #4 Nuvolari, Aug 29, 2004
    Phil I must say that I am rather disappointed in your comment. The 'K' number in the field of HID's is as significant as tire size or paint colour. It just so happens that I noticed colour differences in the 360 lights as part of my research of the aftermarket HID industry (I'm in the auto parts business BTW). I expected more from someone with a techinical background in cars.

    Tezta, thank you for the insight. My observations have come up with about 5000K as well so the second opinion is very useful.
     
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    #5 Jon@Tezta, Aug 30, 2004
    Robert,

    My pleasure, actually i was riding in my friends 360 last night and im pretty sure its not higher than 5000K. Just curious but how difficult is it to get to the bulbs and switch them out?
     
  6. f355spider

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    #6 f355spider, Aug 30, 2004
    Interesting thread, as I have worked as a sales rep for a surgical light company for the past 9 years. Several bits of research our company has funded has been in the area of color temperature (degrees Kelvin) and what is ideal from the standpoint of "color accuracy" and visual acuity and "comfort". It was determined that many surgical lights that attempt to match "sunlight" and filter their light source into the range of 4,000 degree Kelvin or higher, tend to run too blue, which distorts one's perception of color accuracy (specifically of tissue and perfusion) and can create a bit of discomfort for the user (often complaining of "glare" or "headache"). We were able to determine that lower color temperatures closer to 3300 to 3500 degrees often were prefered my surgical team members.

    Our company is quite secretive about technology, by my personal view is that the future of lighting is LED technology not HID. We have an HID surgical light and it is not terribly popular...too bright, too blue, too expensive. LED's are just not bright enough (yet) but are low in heat, very efficient, and long lasting. Halogen lights sources is still the dominant light source in surgical lights.
     
  7. umnitza

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    #7 umnitza, Oct 6, 2004
    FYI - almost all HID on OEM applications come in 4300K.
    Especially if they are from Philips or Osram/Sylvania
     
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    #8 DGS, Oct 8, 2004
    Careful. This is the era of the Nerds. ;)

    Women prefer nerds, because they're good with their hands, and fiddle with things all night. :D

    Have you seen the new "quantum" point white LEDs? Very bright, albeit very small. If they can efficiently matrix them into arrays, they may be onto something.

    I'm tired of constantly changing old fashioned incandescent bulbs in the house. ;)
     

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