10000k HID Lamp
09-29-2006, 10:01 PM
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10000k HID Lamp
hey guys, I was just wondering is 10000k HID lamps legal in the states? (btw I live in Georgia..) Also 350z's stock lamps are 8000k right? thanks
09-30-2006, 07:01 AM
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At 10,000 K the lights will have the side effect of killing germs and other small organizms. Hang your toothbrush in front of the headlights and the UV will make them germ free. Just beware that prolong exposure to UV light has been linked with skin cancer and macular degeneration.
You'll have a tougher time driving the car in the dark too.
But you'll look cool.
09-30-2006, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by E***zzzzy
Cool Paul !!!! Little confused on the Curve though. What is the breaking point as far as Max Illumination and the deterioration of it ?????
BTW --will a 10,000 K get rid of a nasty case of the Clap??? AHHHH --ERR --Just asking for a friend
BTW --will a 10,000 K get rid of a nasty case of the Clap??? AHHHH --ERR --Just asking for a friend
To get a frequency to a wavelength in meters take the wavelenght and divide it by 299,800,000 (speed of light in meters/sec) . To get wavelength from frequency take 299,800,000 and divide it by the wavelength. Normally just round up to 300 million meters/sec. Note that the nice sensitivity curve above is in nanometers - not meters so throw the decimal place over.
Here's a java script calculator that works in both feet and meters. http://www.csgnetwork.com/freqwavelengthcalc.html
Any object that is hot gives off light known as Thermal Radiation (or sometimes Blackbody Radiation for arcane physical reasons). The hotter an object is, the more light it emits. And, as the temperature of the object increase, it emits most of its light at higher and higher energies. (Higher energy light means shorter wavelength light.) The relationship between the amount of light emitted, its wavelength and its temperature is an equation known as the Planck Law,named after the German physicist Max Planck, who first discovered it. For a hot object at a given temperature, T, the equation gives the amount of light emitted at each wavelength. A plot of the Planck Law has a characteristic shape:
I'm pretty well grounded in sound/light/and Newtonian physic but don't ask me about Bell's Theorem or to go any deeper into Quantum Theory beyond Planck's. Spooky Action at a Distance, Reduced Density Matrices and Entanglement/Enrtopy is some really tripped out stuff.
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If you want some color with your lights and still have some decent lighting I have the Piaa super Cobalts 6600K's. They have a slight violet color tint but are still extremely bright. They are also the most pricey on the market today, I pd. $369.00 for mine but this comes with a 3 yr. warranty. Phillips also makes a 6000K bulb.
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09-30-2006, 11:05 AM
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09-30-2006, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Z1 Performance
there are aftermarket bulbs that are legal though, but yes, all retrofit HID kits (to convert halogen to HID) are technically for off road use only
09-30-2006, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul350Z
At 10,000 K the lights will have the side effect of killing germs and other small organizms. Hang your toothbrush in front of the headlights and the UV will make them germ free. Just beware that prolong exposure to UV light has been linked with skin cancer and macular degeneration.
You'll have a tougher time driving the car in the dark too.
But you'll look cool.
11-12-2006, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by acmw
Any pics of 10k bulbs installed?
But really, I imagine a 10k bulb giving off a very purple light. BTW it has been proven that for the best human reaction times at night a white to yellowish white light resulted in drivers with the highest reaction times. 
