Finally HiD H4-3 in stock

Someone please explain the Kelvin numbers to me. 4000 6000 8000?????
 
Light Colour

The colour of light is represented by the temperature in degrees Kelvin
(Kelvin is a basic unit of thermodynamic temperature). "White" light is at
5600K.

1800 K - Candlelight
2700 K - Tungsten bulb (house bulbs, parking lights, sealed beams)
3200 K - Halogen bulb (uses tungsten filament)
4300 K - OEM HID light
5500 K - Camera flash
5600 K - White light reference point (midsummer sunlight, Washington DC)
5800 K - Directly overhead sunlight at the equator (the surface temp of the sun)
7000 - 12000K - light under overcast skies (reduced contrast)
12000 K and up - Ultra Violet light

Lighting for photography and movie work is typically either at 5000K,
5500K or 5600K. By choosing HIDs at either 5000K or 6000K you will get
the whitest light. Light at a source below 5000K takes on an
increasingly yellow tinge, while light above 6000K becomes increasingly
blue and purple. Contrast is strongest to the human eye when light has
a slight yellow tinge (thus high contrast glasses and ski goggles are
yellow-orange) and light beyond 6000 K sees contrast fall dramatically.
5000K light offers slightly higher contrast for the human eye than 6000K
light. On the other hand 6000K light has a very attractive purity to
it as it is the closest HID colour to overhead sunlight.

lifted from www.hid50.com
 
To simplify "colour temperature", if you put a poker in a fire & heat dull red , red hot or white hot, these terms reflect the temperature at which these colours occur.
 
Fitted my kit today. Really straight forward, the only snag on a 1100GS is that the burner/solenoid assembly is too long to fit in the black plastic Headlamp housing as it catches the adjuster pin that runs through the rear centre of the housing (sorry, no pics as I've still not got a camera sorted:eek:). Whip the pin out and cut about 5mm off and it'll just to say fit :thumb
Not been out in the dark yet but a quick trial in the garage looks impressive :)

Hi,
any more info about cutting the pin..... Have you used it @ night yet... any probs?

:aidan
 


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