Value of aftermarket Xenon Headlamps
I like many owners of motorized RVs have less than adequate OEM headlamps. I have seen many kits advertised as "DOT" approved conversion kits for changing to Xenon lamps and they are very expensive a...
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Having lots of free-time on my hand and out here asphalt tinted cattle try to mimic the Rockettes on the centerline - I decided to online investigate. Perhaps thirty hours worth...
The only comments I trust come from owners of a product so I sought out forums.
And I read and I read...
What I read bothered me - a lot. Almost no attaboy's for any of the aftermarket conversions and stacks and piles of complaints, curses and wails. Most about unreliability, extremely short lifespans, instant and constant failure in high humidity in the rain and possibly returning home using the auxilliary driving lights.
The issue seems to be with generation of very high voltage needed to drive this kind of light. The cheap kits to not heat sink the amplifiers and their design is faulty with leakage between the amplifier and the bulb. According to the forum gurus a close look between OEM and the aftermarket "garbage" will show instantly why OEM costs so much more. Everything from hear-sinking to massive difference in insulation.
This isn't what I wanted to read. But the number of forums, the number of responses and the weight of the evidence sent me whimpering with my tail between my legs. Dang!
The only comments I trust come from owners of a product so I sought out forums.
And I read and I read...
What I read bothered me - a lot. Almost no attaboy's for any of the aftermarket conversions and stacks and piles of complaints, curses and wails. Most about unreliability, extremely short lifespans, instant and constant failure in high humidity in the rain and possibly returning home using the auxilliary driving lights.
The issue seems to be with generation of very high voltage needed to drive this kind of light. The cheap kits to not heat sink the amplifiers and their design is faulty with leakage between the amplifier and the bulb. According to the forum gurus a close look between OEM and the aftermarket "garbage" will show instantly why OEM costs so much more. Everything from hear-sinking to massive difference in insulation.
This isn't what I wanted to read. But the number of forums, the number of responses and the weight of the evidence sent me whimpering with my tail between my legs. Dang!
