Topic: Electrical enginers,please chime in,Led,s h4 bulb to reduce current draw?

[1976cb750f836]

My h4 housings came from a customers car i worked on ,he upgraded and left me the housings.
Their plastic with glass lens.
The part of the led light panel that lights up on high is behind the shield at front of bulb.
Still haven't rode on hey after dark, but in yard on low their great.

[Dunk]

I would sooner run a sealed beam with relays than that Chinese reflector. Guarantee between the low quality reflector and bulb you're shining plenty of light up into people's eyes rather than illuminating the road ahead. It's cheap and easy to do this right, why waste time on this junk?

[FuZZie]

I don't know if it is Chinese or not, but I do know if it doesn't have a DOT stamp it's not street legal.

[1976cb750f836]

Sorry to offend u all with deep pockets, I'm on a limited budget and like to upgrade at low cost when I can. This housing was free and bulbs bout 7$ ea. It's way better than it was. I ride 99% in daylight.
I dobut I blind many people. And if it does get dark I can make it home. On coming traffic should c me better in daylight now. And who ever got a ticket for no dot Stamp? I'm pleased with the results.
May not be the best way but it works for me.
Thanks for all the post!

[Dunk]

$100 to do a headlight with relays top notch is not "deep pockets". If the extra $40 will make or break you, you could get it done under $60 with an excellent reflector, cheap bulb and no relays and just do the relays when you can afford a few bucks for those, then upgrade the bulb after the relays. This is a cheap and easy upgrade to bring lighting on par or better than all but the latest projector headlights. To be clear, there are no deep pockets involved. If you can afford a motorcycle, gas, insurance, and the time to waste on crappy lighting, you can afford a few bucks to do it safe and properly.

You are without a doubt blinding people with glare and light shining up into their eyes. You don't notice or care, but you should. If you run with the headlight on in the day you are still at risk of causing someone to cross the double yellow and hit you because you blinded them, or hit someone else, or run off the road, or not see some other hazard... The risk will be greater at night. It is extremely selfish and inconsiderate to run junky lighting like that. For $7 you can get a sealed beam, please do. Matter of fact I have one that works fine that I'm going to toss. I'll pay the shipping if you'll actually use it and I might have some wiring or other bits I could throw in. If I had spare relays laying around I'd make you a plug and play relay harness. I can dig through my electrical bin tonight just in case.

[FuZZie]

I don't think so Dunk, he has a well defined cut off line it may still need a little tweak down but he won't be blinding anyone unless he hits them with the brights.

[Dunk]

That picture is not showing a well defined cutoff line, it's very sloppy. Move back to a proper aiming distance around 25 feet and you'll see even more clearly how bad that pattern is. Drawing a straight line through a pattern that's so sloppy even up close to a wall does not fix the lack of light control in the design. I'd also wager the pattern is very narrow as compared to a quality H4 reflector.

[1976cb750f836]

Finally got a short night ride in. Their is a definite cutoff line on low.
It kinda splits left and right,about 25ft in front of bike,do bout I blind anybody.
On high it moves to center top bout 50ft in front of bike. Way better than the stock h4 bulb.
Kinda of a strange thing now though, when brake light comes on the light dims just a tad for a sec or 2. I'm leaving it alone for now. Thanks.

[KeithB]

That picture is not showing a well defined cutoff line, it's very sloppy. Move back to a proper aiming distance around 25 feet and you'll see even more clearly how bad that pattern is. Drawing a straight line through a pattern that's so sloppy even up close to a wall does not fix the lack of light control in the design. I'd also wager the pattern is very narrow as compared to a quality H4 reflector.

It's nice to find someone else that shares my overall views on "aftermarket" lighting. I am fed up with being blinded by oncoming "low beam" crappy aftermarket, or LED/HID retrofitted headlights.
I have to agree, that is a poor cutoff line. Just because no one flashes you doesn't mean all is good.
In any case,  the owner of the bike should get in a car and have someone point the bike at him, in the dark, to see if there are any problems.
As for the "see you better in the daytime", ...reallly?!?! Running on high beam with any stock headlight will do that. Of course, that assumes drivers are even looking for you.