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  2. High-intensity discharge lamp - Wikipedia

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    HID lamps are used in high-performance bicycle headlamps, as well as flashlights and other portable lights, because they produce a great amount of light per unit of power. As the HID lights use less than half the power of an equivalent tungsten-halogen light, a significantly smaller and lighter-weight power supply can be used.

  3. Automotive lighting - Wikipedia

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    High-intensity discharge, or HID lights, sometimes referred to as "xenon lights", are modified metal halide lights employing xenon fill gas. Traditional HID lights, such as those used for general lighting, have a long warm-up time. Headlights must provide light very shortly after they are turned on, and the xenon gas serves to reduce warm-up ...

  4. List of automotive light bulb types - Wikipedia

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    for e.g. dash lights, gauge cluster backlights. Similar in size to W3W if with a T10 base. PC74 T1-3/4 (if removable) or fixed to holder [9] 1 14 V / 1.4W Used on circuit boards for e.g. dash lights, gauge cluster backlights.

  5. Headlamp - Wikipedia

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    Alternatively, the larger size can be retained, in which case the HID headlamp can produce a more robust beam pattern. [original research?] Automotive HID may be generically called "xenon headlamps", though they are actually metal-halide lamps that contain xenon gas. The xenon gas allows the lamps to produce minimally adequate light immediately ...

  6. Elana Scherr: Are Modern Headlights Too Bright? - AOL

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    Elana Scherr: These LED Headlights Are Too Bright Car and Driver. From the May/June issue of Car and Driver. I used to love driving at night. The landscape gets dreamy, the Botts' Dots on L.A ...

  7. Are some car headlights too bright? Can you get a ticket for ...

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  8. Can you get a ticket for driving with high beams on in Idaho ...

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    Improper headlight use can put the driver at risk of getting pulled over or, even worse, in an accident. Idaho law states that: A driver approaching an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet must either

  9. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108 - Wikipedia

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    FMVSS 108 is codified in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 571, Section 108. [1] The most recent version was published by NHTSA for comment in December 2007, [2] and since then, it has been amended in April 2011, [3] August 2011, [4] January 2012, [5] December 2012, [6] December 2015, [7] February 2016, [8] and February 2022.