Fitting Road 2 Visability LED Headlights.

[TLSgazza]

Overheating I reckon on a probably defective diode -
The main reason I have not bit the bullet on led is as standard if you have a failure you can get an H7 halogen anywhere for a fiver (or £12 on a cross channel ferry!)

Hopefully you get a replacement easy enough from them - keep us posted

Erm, so surely if you go the led route and it fails you can still replace it with a fiver available anywhere bulb to get you moving again,
I have hids in my gsa low beam and spots, my car low beam and one of my TL's H4s.
I've actually just fitted some 9,000 lumen 6,000k 45 watt H4 led bulbs to one of my TL's, these have the fan on the rear for cooling which is exposed enough on there to do the job, they appear to be as good as the 35w hids on my other vehicles.
How does the cooling effect work on bulbs fitted to a gs/gsa?
I just wondered as they must either be inside the headlight unit or do you guys who have them fitted have the heatsink outside the headlight

I ask because I'm interested in fitting one in my high beam on the gsa and maybe the high on my car

 

[Magwych]

How does the cooling effect work on bulbs fitted to a gs/gsa?
I just wondered as they must either be inside the headlight unit or do you guys who have them fitted have the heatsink outside the headlight

I ask because I'm interested in fitting one in my high beam on the gsa and maybe the high on my car

If you scroll back to post #1 in this thread there are some photos from Dellby777 showing how they fit into the GS/GSA headlight shell.

 

[Delboy777]

Heat sinks are on the outside of the light unit.


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[Bendy toy]

The LED light emitter does not get hot. The base does, hence the rear mounted fan or heat sink.

35W HID has 3x the output of halogen but 2/3 of the power so its heat is also lower than a halogen bulb. A new unused halogen bulb is pretty tough though we know they get fragile once they've been used. So carry a well padded new halogen as a spare to swap for the HID / LED. Continental rules covered and back up if the 50,000 hours LED does a wobble (as they will long before that).

 

[Bendy toy]

I fitted a pair of flat front LED lamps (like this http://image.dhgate.com/albu_253586379_00/1.0x0.jpg flat front four emitters and finned back end). They worked but the 30 degree conical beam caused dazzle. One filled with water after a few weeks so they were a waste of money.

 

[TLSgazza]

If you scroll back to post #1 in this thread there are some photos from Dellby777 showing how they fit into the GS/GSA headlight shell.

Heat sinks are on the outside of the light unit.


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Ta! Should have looked form the beginning again,

 

[infer66]

I have installed the Sol2 H7 LED about two weeks ago. No issues so far only the heatsink gets really hot and it's only 20-25 C right now. Much brighter than stock and no issues at blinding other drivers.
Also got the DRL installed and I find it makes the bike much more visible at dusk and nighttime. Also using Dynamic motorrad led for the flashers for a full led setup.

 

[TLSgazza]

If you scroll back to post #1 in this thread there are some photos from Dellby777 showing how they fit into the GS/GSA headlight shell.

I was really thinking about other brands of led that don't come with a replacement for the rear cover,
This is how the ones I bought fit into the rubbers on the rear of my TL's headlight,


No need for additional rear covers as a slight trim on the rubber allows the fan on the rear to protrude enough to do the cooling.

 

[Buckingham]

I bit the bullet and went for a single LED from sol2be in the dip.
Easy to fit, not much scatter and a good bright beam.
Down side is that it keeps cutting out. After acouple of days it started switching off after 80 minutes. On Friday night it only lasted 20 minutes before shutting down in the midst of London's finest rush-hour traffic ��
Awaiting a response from sol2be ...

Any update on this Magwych - before I take the plunge ?

 

[Bendy toy]

If the heat sink is inside the headlamp body, the LED will likely overheat and switch off.

 

[Magwych]

Any update on this Magwych - before I take the plunge ?

According to Sol2be, when the unut gets hot it lowers its output a bit to consume less power. That, apparently, causes some CANBUS systems to think that there is an open circuit and switch off the power. A new design is being shipped from the land of everything, to arrive some time next week. I am back on standard filament until it is sent to me. I have no idea whether I am ecpected to pay postage on the new unit, or to return the old. Communications are slow and vague. TBH I am not sure I even want a replacement from them. If I am expected to pick up all the carriage costs I prefer to pay just one, return it for a refund.
How long do we have to wait for Les to start selling LEDs?

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[sidestand]

I bit the bullet and went for a single LED from sol2be in the dip.
Easy to fit, not much scatter and a good bright beam.
Down side is that it keeps cutting out. After acouple of days it started switching off after 80 minutes. On Friday night it only lasted 20 minutes before shutting down in the midst of London's finest rush-hour traffic
Awaiting a response from sol2be ...

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I've had one on my dipped beam for a year or so now - lovely light pattern, but cuts out when it gets hot same as yours - was a bloody pain in the arse earlier this year in Spain & South of France when temperatures rose up ..........and how I laughed when it cur out half way up the Col D'Aspin in the dark - I had an 18 stone pillion on the back as well (he'd binned his bike & written it off near Jaca - so was taking him over to France to get a flight home)
Anyway, dipped beam fine again now we've hit winter ......so I'm wondering if the heat soak would work better without the 24 euro gromit ?

 

[Bendy toy]

I've had one on my dipped beam for a year or so now - lovely light pattern, but cuts out when it gets hot same as yours - was a bloody pain in the arse earlier this year in Spain & South of France when temperatures rose up ..........and how I laughed when it cur out half way up the Col D'Aspin in the dark - I had an 18 stone pillion on the back as well (he'd binned his bike & written it off near Jaca - so was taking him over to France to get a flight home)
Anyway, dipped beam fine again now we've hit winter ......so I'm wondering if the heat soak would work better without the 24 euro gromit ?

Maybe you need a cooling fan blowing air over the heat sink.

 

[sidestand]

Missed Magwych's last post about the new improved bulb

My experience certainly confirms Sol2Be's explanation - as the bulb always comes straight back on if the ignition is switched off & on again

Probably best thing for me is to wait a while & see how the 'improved ' version is reviewed by others, then buy one for my dipped beam & move my old one over to main beam - where it'll be less likely to switch off

 

[Wreford Miles]

...use it in the main beam only and it will not be on long enough to overheat

 

[Magwych]

As the principal means of lighting up the road it seems the Sol2be LED is a fail, then.
We should not have to stop, turn everything off then back on again every now and then. Being plunged into darkness after a random period of time hardly fills one with confidence either ☺

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[Wreford Miles]

...no one listens to me

Standard dip and aux lights correctly adjusted are fine, put the LED in the main beam and (1.) it will never be on long enough to over heat, (2.) you have a main beam that makes a difference (3.) because the dip is not so bright you can adjust it just that bit higher meaning the linked main beam gets a bit more range (4.) the colour temperature of halogen is much kinder on the eyes if you are doing lots of night traverling on unlit roads (5.) a halogen triangle dip plus two aux lights is easier for people to see and judge you by (6.) you don't have to take the unit out to change the main beam

 

[Magwych]

...no one listens to me

Standard dip and aux lights correctly adjusted are fine, put the LED in the main beam and (1.) it will never be on long enough to over heat, (2.) you have a main beam that makes a difference (3.) because the dip is not so bright you can adjust it just that bit higher meaning the linked main beam gets a bit more range (4.) the colour temperature of halogen is much kinder on the eyes if you are doing lots of night traverling on unlit roads (5.) a halogen triangle dip plus two aux lights is easier for people to see and judge you by (6.) you don't have to take the unit out to change the main beam

Don't take it to heart, but taking the unreliable LED out of the dipped beam and putting it in the main defeats the object of wanting it in the dipped beam.

It is also unreliable

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[Bumhead]

Have got these fitted to dipped and main beam.

Best lights ever.

Never had a problem with them cutting out not even in Spain. I would recommend these 100%

 

[Buckingham]

Mine arrived yesterday - quick question because the fitting instructions on the site are a bit open to interpretation !
It mentions the LEDs can be fitted horizontally or vertically - saying they should be fitted horizontally - my take on this is that the LED chips should sit north-south in the headlamp. (I know the main & dip beam orientation of the H7 bulbs are different & there's an extra plastic mount to allow fitting of the LEDs either north-south or east-west.)

What have you guys done ?