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Old 06-11-2020, 04:43 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What to think? On my own car I crippled the LED headlights because they don't have the low-beam cutoff of the Hella H-4 Halogens. (I also don't think they have the reach for reflectors way down the road.)



Now, one wonders: would a flat piece of Fresnel lens serve?

Note the text: 72 hours to manufacture and they sell for $5.00.

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optics and electromagnetism were some of my weakest subjects in physics. I'll be useless to you.
The 'bottom' of the parabolic reflector can be a source of light pollution though.
Some of the 'blackout' schemes for headlights in WW-II involved shielding all but the center of the lamp.
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I Have thought of fresnel lenses to turn the output into a parallel beam.
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Some of the 'blackout' schemes for headlights in WW-II involved shielding all but the center of the lamp.
You waste the majority of the light produced.
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You waste the majority of the light produced.
The object was to not be wasted at night by enemy machine gun fire.
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I Have thought of fresnel lenses to turn the output into a parallel beam.
I have fresnel lenses (scavenged from old overhead projectors) in the windows of my place. They throw circular rainbows on the floor and furniture. Back to the sixties!
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You waste the majority of the light produced.
Most likely, but if the blackout shield were reflective on the inside it would create a plenum.
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I did the experiment, holding a card over the top and bottom of the reflector, before I added the aluminum tape. I use that stuff for anything that would be duct taped now. It doesn't have the tensile strength but it cleans up a lot better at removal. Kind of like that white tape you used at Darko.

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