HID work lights

[tungularafishcamp]

I bought one of the cheapo $60 units 2 years ago and loved it. Used it for a handheld spotlight in the skiff and the battery draw was nominal compared to a regular hand held light. Unfortunatly it did not survive the float test

 

[wyndham6]

Nice post, Bob. Very informative. NordicLights? I shall begin my shopping!

 

[Monster5601]

Thank you Charles for the information, this is what I was looking for. For my occasional use I'll take the eBay HIDs.

I sometimes characterize lighting sources at work (automotive electronics) and although LEDs are gaining in popularity for signaling, marking, and background/mood lighting, they are not yet ready for headlamps. LEDs that have the ability to light the way are still pulling way too much amperage compared to HIDs.

You didn't mention the current requirements for the high power LEDs, what I have characterized have pulled around 22 amps to produce the same amount of visible lighting from a projector lamp, just curious.

Thanks again.

 

[WilliamBos]

Has anyone any experience with the HID work lights available on eBay? There seems to be a common style of HID work light available from a number of sellers from around $60 up.

I also did a Google on HID work lamps and found many eTailers selling them for north of $300.

I know the price of HIDs has dropped significantly over the past couple of years and the prices I see on eBay seem to be inline with HID kits.

I'm looking to add a set to my RTV900 to light up the front area better.

Thanks for any input.

Give Thor a call at http://www.theatvsuperstore.com/default.asp?m=0 he will set you up. He tests what he sells, so it is a proven product.

 

[authority]

Thank you Charles for the information, this is what I was looking for. For my occasional use I'll take the eBay HIDs.

I sometimes characterize lighting sources at work (automotive electronics) and although LEDs are gaining in popularity for signaling, marking, and background/mood lighting, they are not yet ready for headlamps. LEDs that have the ability to light the way are still pulling way too much amperage compared to HIDs.

You didn't mention the current requirements for the high power LEDs, what I have characterized have pulled around 22 amps to produce the same amount of visible lighting from a projector lamp, just curious.

Thanks again.

I did not:

The Nordic Lights N460LED pictured above on the left is a 60W 24V(only) LED flood lamp which is installed as OEM equipment for Cat and serviced by us in the aftermarket. 60W at 24V is 2.5 amps. We outfit these as a direct replacement to HID lamps such as the Nordic N400 pictured on the right above. This is rated at 2800 actual lumens, which if you compare to other manufacturers 6 10w LEDs is somewhere around 5500 theoretical lumens.

I saw what you had mentioned about the color temperature of the light, you are correct in that our OEM HID lights using Philips or Sylvania D1S and D2S bulbs, which emit 4300K. The Nordic LEDs are emitting 6000K, but this bluish white light is actually preferred on jobsites over the 4300k HID.

Your ebay lights may have 6000k bulbs in them, (I don't know if it is specified in the post) most of the HID conversion kits I see around here have these 6000k bulbs as standard.

Ask away if you guys have questions, I can even have engineering do up some beam patterns for various machines/mounting configurations if we're slow.

Shown below is one of the 12V LED work lights, the Nordic N44LED, I'm going to put 4 of these on my tractor when I get a few hours to bring it home for the 50hr service. 3.3A at 12V, 40W. 1800 actual lumens. Its approx 3 55w halogen lights while drawing 1.28A less each lamp. I'll take some pictures to compare.

Charles

 

[authority]

Here is a picture of my desk showing size-wise the differences between LED and comparable HID lights. (and TBN in the background)

Charles

 

[kuboman]

There is no comparison to HID lighting. There is not a LED that is affordable that will give you the light of an HID. They are worth every penny.:thumbsup:

 

[rvennerbeck]

The $35.00 kits on eBay for HID work extremely well. I have converted several vehicles for myself and friends. I will look into finding a suitable HID bulb that I can cobble into my existing B6100 headlamp. They have an initial high ignition current but immediately drop to less than 3 amps. The light output is amazing! My SO works for an LED manufacturer (Phillips) and I get lots of engineering samples to play with. The HID is a much more economical way to go for the $ per lumen.