mikecbrxx
Registered user
I have been wanting to upgrade/switch to LED lighting for a couple of years now but was always struggling to find suitable bulbs. Even started to import some directly from China. One of the reasons for wanting to do this was being able to remove the secondary wiring for the relays and also to reduce/remove the largish ballasts necessary for HID lights.
A couple months ago, I came across a set of 3600 Lumen bulbs that had an H9 fitting for my Hella 90mm light units and were short enough to fit into the available space. See photo.
So I switch the bulbs out with my 35W HID's. All good. The light is just about comparable to the HID and the beauty is that there is no element in the LED's to shake apart. On long trips I've taken into Eastern Europe, I have had consistent problems with that. 1000's of KMS of washboard surface takes its toll.
Then, last week, The bulb fell out of the light unit
Upon inspection, it appears that the 'lugs' that hold the H9 bulb in place has sheered off. I showed bas at Hyperpro and he noticed that the mountings appeared to be made by 3d printer and were never going to be strong enough to hold the bulb, with its rear heat sync, especially in offroad conditions.
So , question is, has anyone else come across this issue and found a different, and more elegant, (see below) solution around it.
What I have done, as a temporary solution (bikes shipping in 3 weeks time), is machine a couple of 'caps' to go over the ends of the heat sync's and then secured those to the headlights with lock wire. Any other suggestions welcomed. I don't really want to ho back to HID or halogen if I can avoid it. Are there better options on LED bulb types?
Starting point....
Caps....big enough for the small ballast to go through, but small enough for the heat sync to sit inside to reduce lateral movement.
Any thoughts ?
A couple months ago, I came across a set of 3600 Lumen bulbs that had an H9 fitting for my Hella 90mm light units and were short enough to fit into the available space. See photo.
So I switch the bulbs out with my 35W HID's. All good. The light is just about comparable to the HID and the beauty is that there is no element in the LED's to shake apart. On long trips I've taken into Eastern Europe, I have had consistent problems with that. 1000's of KMS of washboard surface takes its toll.
Then, last week, The bulb fell out of the light unit
Upon inspection, it appears that the 'lugs' that hold the H9 bulb in place has sheered off. I showed bas at Hyperpro and he noticed that the mountings appeared to be made by 3d printer and were never going to be strong enough to hold the bulb, with its rear heat sync, especially in offroad conditions.
So , question is, has anyone else come across this issue and found a different, and more elegant, (see below) solution around it.
What I have done, as a temporary solution (bikes shipping in 3 weeks time), is machine a couple of 'caps' to go over the ends of the heat sync's and then secured those to the headlights with lock wire. Any other suggestions welcomed. I don't really want to ho back to HID or halogen if I can avoid it. Are there better options on LED bulb types?
Starting point....
Caps....big enough for the small ballast to go through, but small enough for the heat sync to sit inside to reduce lateral movement.
Any thoughts ?
Has no one else looked into fitting LED's 
