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Re: HID Temperatures

Posted by Lucky 1 on Aug 03, 2011; 2:34pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/HID-Temperatures-tp3220919p3222465.html

Cars may not have a problem with HID headlights ,but motorcycles could have problems because the headlight nacelle (enclosure), has a lot of wires stuffed into it. The back of the headlight bulb could come into contact with the heat from the bulb.

Better check on that.
Just turn the head light on for a couple minutes and see if the wires are getting hot or look in your headlight
nacelle and see if any wires are brown or scorched.

The wire insulation is made to take some heat but the question is ...how long.

Modern headlight bulbs were not tested in these old cb750's.
You have to do your own testing.

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