LED Headlight for trucks ...

[cfg83]

Hello -

If you have a round headlight, this may be your bag :

03/23/2009 - World's First 7" Round LED Headlamp Shows Bright Possibilities for Commercial Applications

March, 2009, Falconer, New York - The 12 volt extended product line release of the world’s first 7” round LED Headlamp has enabled Truck-Lite to come full circle as your premier See & Be Seen® LED lighting supplier, lighting your way from the front of the truck to the rear of the trailer. This new and exciting LED Headlamp innovation provides a new level of performance for 7” round forward lighting 12 volt applications, offering the extended life and energy efficiency of light emitting diode technology.

Truck-Lite - Catalog Product : 7'' Round 12v LED Headlamp

- DOT Approved, High Beam and Low Beam performance
- Provides light output closer to the color temperature of daylight, dramatically improving light projection distance and overall visibility
- Solid-state design resists damage from shock & vibration
- Offers as much as 50x longer life (10,000 hrs vs 400 hrs) than comparable incandescent lamps, saving the time and expense of replacing lamps multiple times
- Hard wired design, fully encapsulated electronics & anodized aluminum housing protect from damage caused by corrosive elements
- Impact resistant polycarbonate lens protected against damage caused by debris and other hazards
- Direct replacement for Par 56, H6014 and H6024 lamps
- 3-Year Limited Warranty
- 24v Version available, Part No. 07370

Light Source:
10 Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Designed at 12.8v
4.5a (High Beam), 2.5a (Low Beam)

CarloSW2

[NeilBlanchard]

I hope they also make smaller sized units, like projector beams, etc. That would be sweet for my CarBEN design!

[cfg83]

Neil -

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

I hope they also make smaller sized units, like projector beams, etc. That would be sweet for my CarBEN design!

They're 7" in diameter, so that sounds "Beetle Size" to me.

CarloSW2

[NeilBlanchard]

They seem like they are the size of the old sealed beam headlights? The ones that were one on each side.

[tjts1]

Correct. 7" round is an old sealed beam size. They are plug and play into a lot of older cars. The military has started using these in just about everything.

The quality of the beam pattern on the other hand...


Sealed beam.


Low beam


high beam


$600/pair

[Christ]

Price is semi-ridiculous. I won't spend $600 on headlight replacements in the life of maybe 10 vehicles, and those headlamps won't last that long.

Even with HID's, I wouldn't spend that much on several vehicles' replacements.

Maybe it's a step in the positive, though. Someone will probably tear into 'em and find out what makes 'em tick, then post the results online, just like game system modders.

Anyway - they're 10 LED units, so maybe what Wagonman76 is working on will actually work!

[TimG]

Why do they draw so much juice? 250mA per LED in low beam sounds like a lot of electricity, doesn't even cut a standard halide bulb amp draw in half. Hella & VW are working on some that are only 19W per beam, about 1.5A. See
ht tp://tinyurl.com/yk438yp

about halfway down. I think I will wait a little until high production brings down the price, too.

[Christ]

19W/12V=1.6A

250mA*5LED's = 1.25A...

I'm not sure where Hella's lights are any better?

[tjts1]

Well a pair of drop in 35w HIDs is $40.

[TomO]

(posted from the HIDplanet forum)
The trucklite round? looks like a wide, dim rectangle with a bright square in the middle.
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Here it is in comparison to stock headlamps on a jeep, IIRC, pic by GhostDakota:

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Not a great beam pattern in my eyes considering the ls600hl LED triple projectors do better for light output consistency:


Those 7" LED headlights would be blinding to any driver caught in oncoming traffic.

And plu-n-play (drop-in) HID kits into a stock reflector housing are a huge no-no, they're even illegal to have in a lot of states.