movement of the vehicle in the dark is a serious challenge even for experienced drivers.Safety control depends on many factors, but a critical role in darkness is the quality of lighting.With the advent of gas discharge (HID) lamps have an opportunity approaching heavy nighttime driving conditions almost daily.But here arises a reasonable question about how better to put xenon, because there are many varieties of it.
Walking as a walk?Or do you save?
all existing blocks ignition for xenon lamps can be divided into two groups:
1. Established Factory fitted (Matsushita, Koito / Denso, Hella, AL).
2. Blocks Korean and Chinese production, which are sold in stores.
Surely many already had experience from personal experience that such a factory unit and what is a fake Chinese.Low-quality Korean-Chinese devices can not provide normal illumination of the road, and their service life is several times smaller than that of the factory.Though the original blocks and are much more expensive, but in the end they obtained cheaper than their low-cost Asian counterparts.
price and cost
Such seemingly similar concepts as the price and value are quite different, and this is especially clear when there is a dilemma, a xenon best bet.
Price - is the money that you pay immediately, but the price - these are the amounts that run over during the lifetime.Few car owners count cost of servicing low-quality automotive components, because it seems that 200-300 rubles a month - not so much money.However, for a couple of years, the Chinese are able to break through the sleaze in your budget a huge hole.By comparison, corporate xenon, whose price is much higher, would be much more cost-effective, ie. To. Be able to faithfully serve more than one year.
main differences xenon units
As already mentioned, the Asian counterparts differ from the default settings the quality of performance and visual impact, as well as life.Staff xenon (photo - article) shines noticeably brighter (20-30%) and it is available only with bulbs D1R, D1S, D2R, D2S, D4R, D4S, and its color temperature of 4300 K. Thus lamps require special optics,it is designed for their installation, so just replacing them in the headlights, in this case can not do.
Installing xenon regular sample will necessitate a thorough rework optics.Original lamp socket D last for more than four years at a daily intensive use.If properly set the optical elements for xenon bulb will not dazzle oncoming drivers, which will significantly improve traffic safety.
Korean and Chinese xenon produced with any kind of cap and with a variety of color temperatures ranging from 3000 K and ending 12,000 K. The maximum service life of these lamps is 1.5 years, but often they do not work after a couple of months,managing during this time even spoil reflector headlights.
Benefits staff xenon
- Ignition time branded xenon bulbs - 3-4 seconds.
- High brightness due to high-quality manufacturing, and optimally selected parameters (firing modes, power stabilization).
- Long service life.
- Availability of short-circuit protection circuit and a circuit in the device.If the lamp is out of order or did not, regular blocks ignition does not burn out, unlike the Chinese counterparts.
factory unit constantly "watching" for the electric lamp parameters, which change over time.After xenon (tube) is warmed, it blocks support stable power to 35 W, and for which it is designed.If current or voltage is out of tolerance, it turns off the lamp.After turning the spotlight after a while will turn itself off, it will be a sign that she has served his sentence and should be replaced.
Remember that xenon lamp must always be changed in order to avoid a couple of differences in the color of light, ie. A. Over time, they "become blue" and the light of the new device will be substantially different from the old world.And the same device, but from different parties may have minor differences in color.
Disadvantages Korean and Chinese counterparts
• Long time firing bulbs (20 sec. - 3 min.).
• Small lifetime (1 month. - 1.5 years).
• Original lamps Osram and Philips are sometimes not suitable for Korean and Chinese units due to other current-voltage characteristics.
• High Unshielded wiring is partially located outside the housing washers (engine compartment) that can cause electrical noise, and in violation of the insulation can be damaged electrical equipment.
• Protected against no bulb in the ignition block is missing, so he goes down with the bulb (burns ignitor).
The biggest problem of all xenon lamp socket H is that the bulb is connected to it by means of silicone adhesive or composite.When it is heated, it evaporates and is deposited on the lens, a mirror reflector and the inner portion of the glass in the form of an off-white plaque that "kills" the spotlight for several months, because the smoky reflector can not reflect the light but only absorbs it, thus alsohigh heat.Overheating causes a burning layer of protective varnish, and then the mirror itself.These lights will soon have to change, and "rolled out" this procedure is much more expensive than buying a regular set.
Installing xenon lamps with original Type D is safe for headlights.Their flask equipped with a metal bandage that holds the device securely in the socket of plastic.This structure allows maintaining the correct thermal conditions in the lamp and the optical system.Definitely not recommended to replace regular galogenki xenon instruments with caps H or halogen bulbs increased capacity, t. To. Such experiments are almost always end with the need to purchase new lights.To improve coverage, must replace the optical elements inside them, ie. E. Set lens.
From the foregoing it should be one conclusion: the best xenon - staff.However, many car owners and trusted peers.About that, what criteria should be chosen light for your car, talk on.
Bixenon or xenon?If
for low and high beam meets a lamp, you need biksenon and, if different, the xenon.The first close-on high beam, and vice versa switching occurs by moving the bulb or by the movement of the shutter.
Lamp base
Cap - a metal part of the lamp, which is connected to the vehicle wiring.To choose the right xenon optics, it is necessary to know how it should be.Information about this can be found in the service book, or just looking at the "native" lamp.
temperature lamps
Wondering about how better to put xenon, car owners and assume the color of light.This feature depends on the temperature of the xenon:
• 3000 K creates a yellowish hue.This xenon tumanki.
• By 4300 - a golden glow.These lamps are used in cars with a standard xenon.They have the highest rate of intensity of flow.
• By 5000 - the traditional white light.
• 6000 K - blue-white shade.
• 8000 K - bluish glow.
• 10,000 K - connects two shades - manganese violet.
• 12,000 K - lilac-violet light.
Remember that as the operation of xenon light will change gradually shifting to the blue shades.
The principle of xenon
installation Xenon HID (Eng. Abbr., Meaning "high intensity discharge»)
provide a high comfort and safety when driving.The light source in such lamps are discharge lamps.The flasks were filled with a mixture of different noble gases, including xenon is present.In the ionized material exposure to high voltage (several thousand. Volts), resulting in a discharge arc.However, as we know, the car battery can deliver only 12 volts, and the ignition block, also called "pulse ignitor" simulates the current required for ignition.This device is a kind of a starter to start the lamp, and the adapter 12 converts a few thousand watts.
xenon main advantage is its ability to provide even illumination having high contrast and a powerful light beam.Light Xenon headlamps more intense than doubled in comparison with halogen lighting, so any obstacles on the road or pedestrians walking on the side of the road, the driver can notice in advance.
addition to the head light, placed as xenon fog lamps.
Xenon installation includes a kit, which includes a lamp, power run-ignition attachment to them, and high-voltage wires.
Pros xenon lighting
• High light output (luminous flux strength exceeds 2-3 times the power consumption).
• Long service life (up to four years from the original lamps).
• constant light output independent of changes in voltage.
• High energy efficiency (35 W replace 60-100 watt lamp).
legal to put xenon fog lights?
to understand what lights may be installed in the fog, it is worth to deal with the limitations of the PTF.
Fog lights are the same exterior lights of the vehicle, as well as basic, despite the fact that they play the role of additional lighting.Therefore, they are available and the type of lamps used.For example, if they are present the letter "H", which means that for this type of assembly the only halogen lamp.In the presence of the letter D car owner should know that there are provided for the gas-lighting, ie xenon lamps.
Thus, xenon fog lamps that are designed to use halogen lamps, set illegally.This disorder can result in a penalty of disqualification for six months or more.By the way, this rule applies to the headlamps.
However, those car owners who have equipped their car PTF specially designed for xenon or purchased cars with such lights, they need not worry.
Fog lights, which are equipped with a foreign car factory, belong to Class D. The difference is the absence of the reflector and the presence of a special lens that collects light beam is scattered, thereby providing even illumination of the roadway in front of the machine.
rules setting xenon
The installation of xenon lamps does not differ from installation galogenok.The only difference is that the "feed" on the last directly from the vehicle on-board network.A Xenon headlight power is supplied via the ignition.
main problem during the installation of xenon is concluded high-voltage wires through the back of the headlight cover.To do this, drill a hole in it, the amount of which will correspond to the size of the boot, came with a lamp.Output wires through the hole.Then it closes bellow that keeps tightness lights.
Tips for Choosing xenon
When choosing new lighting for your car, always remember the golden rule: "miser pays twice", so do not get fooled by low prices, the bright packaging and sellers tips about how best to put xenon.First of all, ask the manufacturer, detailed product specifications, as well as by the warranty and what does it generally available for these products.
In addition, please note that on a really firm Xenon price will be significantly higher than in the forgery.For example, high-quality products Philips rightly earned worldwide popularity, but these are some unscrupulous manufacturers shamelessly counterfeiting devices of this brand.Low cost, inaccurately manufactured product, poor quality packaging or misspelled words in it - all these are signs of a fake xenon.
