Moisture In The Sealed Lamps?

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Ok, I'm curious, what type of LED's are you guys using and where did you purchase them?
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Relogens eat LED headlights for l: Moisture In The Sealed La

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My 24V 100W low/130W high H4 halogen lamps in Bosch housings eat LED headlights for lunch...

I'm lucky AZ DOT doesn't inspect such things...

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ashyers wrote:Ok, I'm curious, what type of LED's are you guys using and where did you purchase them?
We use Truck-Lite headlights, 27270C-M best technology we have found and they fit the housing well. As far as park, tail, and clearance lights go, military composite lights are available in LED, so that is the common lamp used for M37, we have used several different lamps in civilian Power Wagon applications.
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PoW wrote:My 24V 100W low/130W high H4 halogen lamps in Bosch housings eat LED headlights for lunch...

I'm lucky AZ DOT doesn't inspect such things...

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Current draw is huge with halogen. Needs vary, as I've said many times, to each his own. You know, whatever floats your boat. Have you used any correctly installed, properly adjusted, premium quality LED's for comparison? If not, then how do you really know who eats who's lunch? Pertaining to passing inspection, we try our best to comply, we don't want customers having such issues based on something we did not do correctly. Every state's requirements vary, the inspector's mood on any given day also makes a difference.
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I am not sure which ones I have, I bought them from a Steel Soldiers member years ago. They were for the 900 series trucks and came with the housing which is the same for all of the M series. I just took out the entire headlight and replaced it with these. I bought two sets so I will find them and get the numbers but I am pretty sure they went trough several different series numbers on the lights so the ones I have may no longer be available.
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The LED units used in the later trucks, such as the 900 series are a big improvement over sealed beams, however we have found the Truck-Lite units are way better. More up to date technology, electronics change fast, something different and better could hit the market next week, that is the unknown. LED's have become so popular, I think we can expect to see many changes for the better, probably in the short term.
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Here are the ones I have.

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rickf wrote:Here are the ones I have.

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Those are the early mil-spec ones, old technology these days.
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I like the look of the r2d2 lights they also have a very sharp cut off line. but I dont know if I can run them with ICBC collector plates
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Do you have a link to where we can read about those - r2d2 lights?
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Now I recognize them. I see them around town with the Jeep Wrangler crowd. Humm.... if I could find a 24v version and make it fit. But the purists would not like it.

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It says the operating voltage is 9-100 volts. That should pretty much cover 24 volts. I have never seen that wide of a voltage range, it is usually 9-36 volts. Who the hell would pay 800 dollars for headlights just to get the carbon fiber look?!!!!!!!!!! Got to be the rich kiddie thing.
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Hey Crew.
OK, just to clarify my original post. (By the way, Hello All Of You, Happy Holidays) My original post was my concern for tail and marker lamps not headlights. The topic drifted and I've been AWOL, sorry.
This is the response I received for Joe of Vintage Wiring of Maine.
"Hi Tim,
I was told that there is a 2 milli-amp draw from the voltage regulator. It is the only “running” current that I can think of. That would not affect your lights at all. I would suspect a bad headlight switch. Nice M37 and accessories. They look great.
Joe"

I didn't want to start any sort of rumor or create a fictional topic, just brought this subject of moisture in the lamps to front and center. I very well may have misunderstood his comment. Damn Truck Drivers! :wink: Going to take a shut~up pill now and behave myself. Santa is watching.
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I fully expect Joe is correct in his assumption of the switch being bad, we too find bad switches OFTEN. They are notorious for giving problems, and the later style push button electronic switches are even worse.
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