H4 Head light Bulb Question

[GoldOxide_imp]

Excellent feedback - thx Ennsync.

[Jim21680_imp]

Yep, I think I'm slightly over 2 years in with the H4R3 from Advmonster....and I still love it. It's a fantastic upgrade for the price.

The one thing that slightly concerns me with LED bulbs is what happens when they die? I know they last a very, very long time....but not forever.

With the stock incandescent lamp, if the low beam goes out at night, I think we can still ride home with the high beam on.....is that correct?
I'm not sure if that's the case with the LED. It's not a serious matter though, as I ride vastly more in the daytime....so my chances are good of it happening then

If not, I do keep the old stock bulb wrapped up in plastic, under the seat. I hope I never need it!

[Cormanus]

Jim, if the low beam filament blows on the stock bulb, high beam still works.

[Ennsync_imp]

Excellent feedback - thx Ennsync.

I am the one who should thank the forum.this is a great place to be.
Ride safe/ride long

[Houtman_imp]

I did ride last night for 3 hours in dark road canyons and free way and highways, my members of riding group were very loud complimenting the new bulb, I was also able to see much better , I used the H4 direct plug in from ADVmostre ,installation was as easy as lifting your finger, then i used the side screw to point it exactly to the 12 o'clock, and used two side screws to lift it to point to the distance good for my riding . I could not be happier with the 40 $ spent. I was thinking to ad fog lights for more visibility ,which will not be needed.
Thank you forum.
Ride safe/Ride long

I assume that you used the Native H 4 ?

[Ennsync_imp]

I did ride last night for 3 hours in dark road canyons and free way and highways, my members of riding group were very loud complimenting the new bulb, I was also able to see much better , I used the H4 direct plug in from ADVmostre ,installation was as easy as lifting your finger, then i used the side screw to point it exactly to the 12 o'clock, and used two side screws to lift it to point to the distance good for my riding . I could not be happier with the 40 $ spent. I was thinking to ad fog lights for more visibility ,which will not be needed.
Thank you forum.
Ride safe/Ride long

I assume that you used the Native H 4 ?

I assume that you used the Native H 4 ?
yes they have 2 types ,i used the native, just plug in.

[GoldOxide_imp]

Yep, I think I'm slightly over 2 years in with the H4R3 from Advmonster....and I still love it. It's a fantastic upgrade for the price.

The one thing that slightly concerns me with LED bulbs is what happens when they die? I know they last a very, very long time....but not forever.

With the stock incandescent lamp, if the low beam goes out at night, I think we can still ride home with the high beam on.....is that correct?
I'm not sure if that's the case with the LED. It's not a serious matter though, as I ride vastly more in the daytime....so my chances are good of it happening then

If not, I do keep the old stock bulb wrapped up in plastic, under the seat. I hope I never need it!

Just a bit of clarity, the LED substrate rarely fails and I have yet to hear about one that did. More commonly the power electronics fails. This can happen due to sub par electronic components (e.g. capacitors from strange nations), or heat fatigue. This point is moot to the rider because the light subassembly still fails. I haven't checked, however, there could be redundancy engineered in case the standard low beam functionality fails that maybe a secondary system will illuminate enough to get to safety. Check with your manufacturer's specifications.