<VV> LED Headlamps no Corvair

[tony.underwood at cox.net]

---- jvhroberts at aol.com wrote: 
> Yep, they're here! 

Now, I was talking about stuff you buy at Auto Zone to stick in your 'Vair.   In time, I'd like to see such headlamps available... for an affordable price.   Volume would do it, although I bet there would have to be something that would allow retrofitting, like a reflector that would accept a plug-in emitter.   

> Although, at this point, LED headlamps are no more efficient than halogen. 

...at this point.  I'm talking about down the road a couple of years or so.   I suspect that LED lamps will show up in force and be not only brighter but MUCH cooler running.   

> HID still beats LED hands down in efficiency.   

??   I'd be willing to take a bet on that.   HID uses a voltage upverter, high strung xenon tubes, as well as considerable electronics.  They also are not likely to last as long as the LED lamps, which even now boast pretty respectable life spans IF they're not overdriven.    The circuitry necessary to power the HID lamps is rather daunting, compared to other lighting systems.   Cost is also a BIG factor.  

Sure, HID is kewl, but it's damned expensive.   


> But the GWhiz factor is there! 

...same as the LED lamps if/when they ever make their way into mainstream use.   ;)     Whatever the result, they WILL beat the HIDs in price, that's for sure.  


After all, we ARE talking 'Vairs here... and frugality is something to consider.  ;) 


tony..