Can I replace the stock bulbs with H7 LED's?
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Can I replace the stock bulbs with H7 LED's?
Never liked Halogen, LED’S look better and brighter.
I see lots of people discussing HID kits and angel eyes, but can I just replace the stock H7 halogens with LED’S? I know the halogens take 55w (manual says that's both high and low beam...) and the LED’S I'm looking at take anywhere between 55-80W.
Anything I need to be aware of?
I see lots of people discussing HID kits and angel eyes, but can I just replace the stock H7 halogens with LED’S? I know the halogens take 55w (manual says that's both high and low beam...) and the LED’S I'm looking at take anywhere between 55-80W.
Anything I need to be aware of?
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I wrote that because I remember I heard of a case where led bulbs were suspected to cause r/r to prematurely die over long term from excess heat because they were drawing too little power. But then again wasnt my bike and dont know the details. I agree he/she should generally be fine
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Just be careful where you get the bulbs from as a good fan / heatsink will protect the bulb and generally the better makes have better design to prevent excess scatter, in theory they should draw about half the power that the halogen, but once again would be make dependent.
A tested product and / or a recommendation of which type of build would be very helpful, unfortunately I have not done this change yet.
Keep us up t date of your choice and how they perform.
Cheers
Al
A tested product and / or a recommendation of which type of build would be very helpful, unfortunately I have not done this change yet.
Keep us up t date of your choice and how they perform.
Cheers
Al
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I personally just installed an H7 LED on my bike (954rr) and it seems to work just fine. It is 25W, but I did not measure it. I did it because I hope that it saves a bit of energy and thus less heat in the alternator.
However I'm looking for some more powersavings in the future.
The most important things to consider when replacing halogens with other bulbs:
- It is illegal: A headlight is made for a certain bulb. Anything withoout an E-branding is not suitable for using on the road. Replacing an halogen with LED suspends the E-branding.
I know all the details and I can explain further when requested.
- You can get away with it when buying proper designed LED's: The better the LED's are positioned at the same place as the tungsten wire of the halogen would be, the better the headlight performs. LED's bulbs with a large diameter an many LED's will have a lot of "escaping" light which blinds other road users, which attracts the wrong attention af certain government employees....
- If you want a higher quality lightbeam to see more, first consider buying a premium brand halogen with more blue light. For example Phillips or Hella bulbs. These are very high quality bulbs of which the difference in lifetime and lightbeam are obvious.
However I'm looking for some more powersavings in the future.
The most important things to consider when replacing halogens with other bulbs:
- It is illegal: A headlight is made for a certain bulb. Anything withoout an E-branding is not suitable for using on the road. Replacing an halogen with LED suspends the E-branding.
I know all the details and I can explain further when requested.
- You can get away with it when buying proper designed LED's: The better the LED's are positioned at the same place as the tungsten wire of the halogen would be, the better the headlight performs. LED's bulbs with a large diameter an many LED's will have a lot of "escaping" light which blinds other road users, which attracts the wrong attention af certain government employees....
- If you want a higher quality lightbeam to see more, first consider buying a premium brand halogen with more blue light. For example Phillips or Hella bulbs. These are very high quality bulbs of which the difference in lifetime and lightbeam are obvious.
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