Friday, April 2, 2010

Xenon Driving Lights

Xenon driving lights which are also known as High Intensity Discharge (HID) refers to lighting technology that relies on an electrical charge to ignite xenon gas in a sealed bulb, similar to the lightning phenomenon in the sky. HID lighting does not have a filament but instead creates light by igniting an electrical discharge between two electrodes in an air tight tiny quartz capsule filled with xenon gas. Xenon lights are also called HID lighting, referring to the gas inside the bulb.

If we make comparison between HID lights and Halogen lights technologies, HID headlights durability is ten times more than that of Halogen because vibration or jolts can damage halogen filament but there is nothing like filament in HID. The cooler temperature of Xenon lights is 5000k which is much more than Halogen. Whether the light output of Xenon lamp is 35W but as compared to 55W Halogen bulb, its provide 300% more light. The HID Xenon system also consumes less power from your vehicles electrical system and generates much less heat during operation.

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