About three years ago I upgraded my Santa Fe head lamp bulbs to Philips H4 high Intensity bulbs because the factory ones are a bit dull. This morning they both blew as I started out on my rainy 6.00am journey! (so I swapped to my Z4).
Can I assume if one bulb goes it overloads the other? And that the brighter lamps burn brighter but at a cost of lifespan? I kept the original bulbs and put them back in after checking fuses etc. They still work fine.
What are others experiences of these brighter bulbs?
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Headlamp bulb life
- Paulr
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No, one blowing won't overload the other - they both have their own 12V feeds so are not connected together.
Bulb brightness and lifetime are very much related though. This page gives you a good idea of lifetime vs performance etc...
https://www.philips.co.uk/c-m-au/car-li ... bs/halogen
Bulb brightness and lifetime are very much related though. This page gives you a good idea of lifetime vs performance etc...
https://www.philips.co.uk/c-m-au/car-li ... bs/halogen
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I use Osram Night breakers and when one goes the other is not far behind - higher intensity lights burn out faster, but its worth the trade off to me as they are a huge improvement over the standard candles.
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Wow, thanks for the link, cant believe my bulbs only had a 400 hour lifespan. That is just 4 hours a day for less than a year.
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