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Clarification on terminology
Posted by Hood (more from Hood) on Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:41:34
In Reply to: Viggen HID headlights, sandy, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:44:10
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HID = "High Intensity Discharge", not "high definition". Refers to the nature of the light, which is generated by an electrical arc at relatively high voltage between two electrodes in a bulb filled with an inert gas (usually xenon). Non-HID's use the traditional filament based bulb.
Projector beams are used with HID's, but there are projector beam headlights that use filaments (see last generation Acura Integra, for instance, or any Euro-luxiry car before HID's came into wide usage). A projector is a type of small, cylindrical housing for the bulbs that allows the light to be projected onto the road in the same pattern as a normal light housing, while saving lots of space.
If you get the HID mod done, please post your results. I'm interested in a conversion.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Viggen HID headlights, sandy, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:44:10
- Clarification on terminology, Hood, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:41:34 <-- Viewing This Message
- If you do it . . ., jc, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:04:57
- Re: Viggen HID headlights, Tom, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:32:52
- Try these guys...., CarlJ, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 06:30:31
- Re: Viggen HID headlights, Thom, Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:24:23
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