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New bulbs sometimes don't last long if they have any oil or dirt on them to begin with before you install them. Sometimes you can't even see the dirt or the oil but it's enough to cause the glass to overheat once your headlights warm up. Also, it should go without saying ( and surely you already know this? ) that you can't touch the new bulb with installing ...
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My car doesn't have this "Max Heating" setting, so my experience may not help you, but I have two reasons why I always turn the lights on while defrosting the car:
the extra load on the engine actually provides more heat so the interior heats up faster, because the engine revs harder to keep the battery output voltage at the same level
the lights being on ...
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Your question raises more issues than you probably thought.
With respect to the issue of a relay, then assuming your bike has a 12 volt, negative ground, electrical system, all you need is a generic automotive relay, which looks like this (sometimes called a Bosch relay, regardless of whether it is actually a Bosch unit). Here is an article, which looks ...
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Part of the projector design requires a specific bulb shape and type to work effectively (and legally - most countries require the beam pattern to meet regulations!)
Using a D4S in an adapter would not give you the correct pattern, so I would definitely not recommend doing it!
I did look online to see if I could find adapters, just in case someone was ...
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The all of the "super white" headlights (which look blue-ish compared to normal headlights) are safety hazards for multiple reasons:
They have a much greater effect of blinding oncoming drivers -- and, if you have them adjusted improperly or use your hi-beams at inappropriate times, drivers in front of you two.
The "white" light produced by these ...
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Turning off your headlights won't make any difference to your battery, but at idle, you may find your "Max Heating" setting works better without them on. The reason for this is that your alternator can only put out so much current at any given RPM.
So, using completely made up numbers, let's say your Alternator can push out 20 Amps of current at 800 Revs ...
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The headlight wiring is protected from being overheated (a short,overcurrent) by a circuit breaker. It operates like a circuit breaker in your house except it has an auto reset feature. The clicking you hear may be the circuit breaker resetting. With your admitted limited knowledge this is a job for a pro.
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You must make sure before changing to a higher wattage headlamp bulb such as a 60/65W H4 that all the wiring and switches for the headlamp are able to carry the additional current that a higher wattage bulb will draw.
Your current headlamp is listed as a 35/35W, so the 60/65W will draw nearly twice as much current.
Without knowing what type of wiring and ...
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Your single bulb has two filaments, one for the low beam and one for the high beam. If you look at the back of the headlight bulb, there's three prongs. One is for the low beam, one is for the hi beam, and the last is the shared ground. The low beam and hi beam need to be turned on and off independently, so you need two relays.
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This has happened to my Hyundai Santro's headlights the last time it rained, when I did not use it for a while. The service center guys said the lights have to be replaced. I don't know about other cars, but for a Santro headlight assembly, there is a water vent closed by a rubber bud that is situated near the indicator connection. You can remove the ...
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In order to aim projector lamps I use the same procedure with all of them.
AIMING PROJECTOR HEADLIGHTS
Align your car dead center in your driveway....the front and back of your car need to be perfectly aligned in the center..
Pull your car up to the garage door, as close as you can get without actually hitting the garage.
Put a piece of tape where the ...
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I would have thought the amount of additional information you'd get from the whiter bulbs would be negligable compared to the difference between halogen and HID lamps, and I would suspect that the more orangey bulbs would cause slightly less glare than the whiter/bluer ones, and would therefore be safer. That's purely speculation though...
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Window heater wires are electrical (rear window and front wipers area if present). Warm air from the heater is from engine coolant fluid, however there's electrical fan that blows the air through heater core.
Usually cars have several idling speeds: high RPM (1500-2000) till the engine heats up to working temperature and low RPM (700-900) after heating. ...
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Washed out means you lose some of the perceived intensity, clarity and sharpness - usually this means the colour temperature of the light drops so you move more towards the yellower end, losing those high intensity blue aspects.
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If you want to build the relay setup yourself instead of using a commercially produced motorcycle headlight relay kit, you'll need two automotive relays, commonly called "Bosch relays". They should have a rating of at least 10A, which they nearly all do (generally you find them at least 20A). You need one relay for the low-beam, and one relay for the ...
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I have yet to find a Japanese car that doesn't have the connectors strategically arranged to where it's not possible to connect the wrong things together. There should be a matching connector somewhere.
The only exception to that are diagnostic connectors used at the factory and dealerships to test components. Those will not have their counterparts anywhere ...
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