Going To Use 18 watt LED Spotlights To Illuminate Shoulder
I have had it up to my rear-end with the US DOT and how blinding new cars are with their blue high intensity discharge headlights.
Either the cars are leaving the factory with misaligned headlights or the lights themselves are designed by an idiot. Then there are models of new cars that have fog lamps that when oncoming look like 4 headlamps are on high beam.
Only 18 watts and 7" in length.
At 45' distance the hot spot is 13' in diameter
To be aimed at the curb or shoulder.
On my power supply at 13.5 volts, these are 13 watt lamps. Pure white light. No mercury vapor or Wal-Mart parking lot color tones.
They will be mounted below my headlights in elliptical nose openings.
The mounting will have to be reinforced to eliminate shake on rough roads.
CREE lamps same brightness 9-30 volts.
Now we get into trig
Aimed 30 degrees downward and perhaps 30 degrees to starboard can anyone think of a reason how the merged hotspots can reflect (like from a puddle) into the eyes of an oncoming driver? I cannot imagine triangulation that would offend a driver in a lane to the right of me.
A person crawling on the ground might get an unintended flare. The bracework is going to cost a pretty penny and if there is a fly in the ointment I'd rather save the money.
Mexico sometimes has shoulder delineation with paint stripe or reflectors, but it's in the minority.
Either the cars are leaving the factory with misaligned headlights or the lights themselves are designed by an idiot. Then there are models of new cars that have fog lamps that when oncoming look like 4 headlamps are on high beam.
Only 18 watts and 7" in length.
At 45' distance the hot spot is 13' in diameter
To be aimed at the curb or shoulder.
On my power supply at 13.5 volts, these are 13 watt lamps. Pure white light. No mercury vapor or Wal-Mart parking lot color tones.
They will be mounted below my headlights in elliptical nose openings.
The mounting will have to be reinforced to eliminate shake on rough roads.
CREE lamps same brightness 9-30 volts.
Now we get into trig
Aimed 30 degrees downward and perhaps 30 degrees to starboard can anyone think of a reason how the merged hotspots can reflect (like from a puddle) into the eyes of an oncoming driver? I cannot imagine triangulation that would offend a driver in a lane to the right of me.
A person crawling on the ground might get an unintended flare. The bracework is going to cost a pretty penny and if there is a fly in the ointment I'd rather save the money.
Mexico sometimes has shoulder delineation with paint stripe or reflectors, but it's in the minority.
