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Old 04-08-2013, 10:57 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Eco Headlights measured and compared

I bought a pair each of Sylvania EcoBright bulbs and Philips EcoVision, both 9003/HB2 size.

OEM bulbs: 51 (spec 55W)
Philips: 44W
Sylvania: 44W *

*Sylvania's bulbs start out at 48W and slowly drop to 44 after about a minute. The Philips bulbs start and stay at 44. It's possible the Sylvania's would drop even lower with more time but I stopped to not drain my battery.

Combined results (with LED tail & marker lights), car on but not running.




StateOEM power drawEco power draw
No lights38W38W
Running/marker + taillights66W41W
Headlights168W129W


That's a 23% improvement.

I am currently running the Sylvania Ecobrights because of the dropping power consumption. They might (probably will?) settle at lower power than the Philips after a minute of warmup.

Brightness and color are the same with all 3 (oem, philips, sylvania) under the scientific test of "stand 50 feet away and look at them".

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