mollydog
Well-Known Member
I’m planing on replacing my front orange indicators for those clear ones and in the process also replace the 21 watts indicator bulb for those white DRL to orange indicator LED’s so the indicator housing has two uses
these LED’s
in the smoked housing
the ones I bought (not fitted yet) test out OK but in good daylight they are barely visible, in night time they are more than bright enough (when you don’t really need them)
what I discovered on the government web site is these DRL’s according to the regulations on the daytime running lamps, the light intensity should be between 400 and 800 candelas.
that’s fine, but so far I’ve only seen sellers advertise these DRL LED’s in lumens, the ones I have are only About 250LM and 3 watts and a ocular temp 5500-6000K, so not blue a some I see are
I find that 1 candela = 12.57 lumens but discovered these two light measurements can’t really be converted due to how each measures light. one thing’s for sure, in good daylight my 250LM and 3 watts ones I have are not much use
I have now found others, one set is stated as being 924LM with a ocular temp of 6000K and 16 watts
another (from Amazon) is stated as being 1188Lm, 16.2 watts and colour temp 6000K
then another on Amazon with 1530Lm. 3.6 watts but with a colour temp of approx 8000K
you can see why I’m slightly lost, any help would be most welcome
these LED’s
in the smoked housing
the ones I bought (not fitted yet) test out OK but in good daylight they are barely visible, in night time they are more than bright enough (when you don’t really need them)
what I discovered on the government web site is these DRL’s according to the regulations on the daytime running lamps, the light intensity should be between 400 and 800 candelas.
that’s fine, but so far I’ve only seen sellers advertise these DRL LED’s in lumens, the ones I have are only About 250LM and 3 watts and a ocular temp 5500-6000K, so not blue a some I see are
I find that 1 candela = 12.57 lumens but discovered these two light measurements can’t really be converted due to how each measures light. one thing’s for sure, in good daylight my 250LM and 3 watts ones I have are not much use
I have now found others, one set is stated as being 924LM with a ocular temp of 6000K and 16 watts
another (from Amazon) is stated as being 1188Lm, 16.2 watts and colour temp 6000K
then another on Amazon with 1530Lm. 3.6 watts but with a colour temp of approx 8000K
you can see why I’m slightly lost, any help would be most welcome