[Healeys] LED Headlight Conversion advice

[Fred Wescoe]

Listers,

I spoke with and ordered LED type H4 replacement headlight bulbs from Super
Bright today.

I had a discussion with their tech guys and learned that the LED
replacements for my BJ8 bulbs draw 1.5 amps (each) of power vs 5.5 - 7 amps
of power for each of the incandescent type bulb (low and high beams).  The
bulb I ordered is the H4-HLV4 bulb (they fit my semi sealed H4 light) and
do not require the additional ballasts that the Moss and others need.
Everything is built into the base of the bulb and nothing more is needed.
It is truly a plug and go bulb that should fit inside my bucket. The wiring
harness does not need to be upgraded nor do relays need to be added, the
power draw is so much lower.  All of this said by the tech guy who had
installed H4 lights in his 68 MGB, with the original wiring harness,
without altering the wiring and he has not had problems.  His comment is
that the LED bulbs draw a great deal less power that the H4 bulb and are
brighter than the Moss units.

The price for my order (Presidents Day Special, 15% off) is $71.85
including taxes and shipping.  No, I have absolutely no financial interest
in the company but I have done business with them in the past and have been
very pleased.

When I receive the bulbs I will let everyone know how it turns out.

Fred
66BJ8

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:20 PM <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:

> If you’ve already, say, put in light units that will accept H4 bulbs then
> you only need to replace the bulbs. These LED things, so far as I can see,
> mount into the unit the same as an H4. BUT, their wiring goes off via
> clever electrical gizmos (relays?) out of which emerges a socket into which
> goes your original H4 connection.
>
> I put in H4 halogens, wired through relays fired up by the car’s original
> front lights’ wiring…….if you see what I mean. This makes the lights very
> much lighter than they were without going for that stark, almost overly
> white, bright light.
>
> I do think that I may put LEDs into my Oscar spot lights. They’re pretty
> big and pretty bright, but the arrows on the ammeter and battery condition
> gauges jump when they come on.
>
> Good luck with the project anyhow,
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *
> warthodson at aol.com
> *Sent:* 19 February 2019 16:26
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* [Healeys] LED Headlight Conversion advice
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> There seems to be a big difference between the two options (Litezupp &
> Moss) listed below.
>
> I am not familiar enough with each to understand the pros & cons of each.
> Obviously, the Litzupp is a simple bulb replacement, While the Moss product
> requites some wiring adaptions.
>
>
>
> The Litzupp appear to be screw in bases, not the type of base used in
> non-sealed beam headlights. Do they offer just the replacement bulb that
> would fit into an existing vintage non-sealed beam head lamp?
>
>
>
> Gary Hodson
>
>
>
> Litezupp Ind. LLC. Www.litezupp.com
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland, OR
> typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone
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> Op 19-2-2019 om 05:21 schreef Bob Spidell:
>
> Either: https://mossmotors.com/led-conversion-kits-for-7-h4-headlamps
>
> (see option dropdown)
>
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