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magic:

--- Quote from: abeyer on April 02, 2023, 06:43:09 pm ---I don't think anyone will not remember that you are either disingenuously obtuse or utterly unable to infer context and intent.

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I hopefully won't; why let random pedants live rent free in your head? :P

Miyuki:

--- Quote from: james_s on April 02, 2023, 07:28:45 pm ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on April 02, 2023, 07:21:31 pm ---Nahh, that 110W is likely lost in just turning the alternator anyway.

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You will absolutely burn more fuel running the headlights than not. 110W is a very small amount of energy when dealing with an engine rated at 100kW or more, but it's not free and turning the alternator with no load requires almost no torque, it spins freely until you load it up. I can hear the idle sound of my car change slightly when turning the headlights on, the idle air control valve opens very slightly further to keep the RPM steady. On cars that I've driven that have electric primary radiator fans the load is significant, you can feel the engine lurch when the electric fan kicks in.

Actually measuring this added consumption is probably tricky because it gets lost in the noise, but if you could maintain a constant set of circumstances I bet it would be measurable.

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At city speeds, you need just lower ones of kW to move the car
It used to be something just like 2kW to keep small European car at 50 kmh, will be way higher with today's SUVs
It can easily make a few percent of consumption when running in a city

py-bb:

--- Quote from: IdahoMan on April 02, 2023, 02:29:03 am ---Let's go Brandon!  >:(

Biden admin moving forward with light bulb bans in coming weeks
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-admin-moving-forward-with-light-bulb-bans-in-coming-weeks/ar-AA19lTsY

"The Biden administration is preparing to implement a sweeping nationwide
ban on commonly used light bulbs as part of its energy efficiency and climate agenda."

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I'll tell you one thing, I'll be danged I'm going to put those inappropriate ward removed, blue, hideous, over-bright, stabbing, abomination LED lights on my vehicle.

So the question(s): How do I get regular lights for vehicle?

-Smuggle them somehow?
-How hard would it be to home-make a bulb?


Thanks,
IM

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I'm turning 30 soon and I'm of the age group here in the UK which just about remembers "don't touch lightbulbs as a kid and remembers doing it anyway and is thus amazed that you can touch lightbulbs still.


I will agree that cheap LEDs suck and there are some really cold ones but there were shitty bulbs before that too. Trust me everything's fine.

shapirus:

--- Quote from: Miyuki on April 02, 2023, 07:58:32 pm ---At city speeds, you need just lower ones of kW to move the car

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at what angle of inclination?

Zoli:

--- Quote from: abeyer on April 02, 2023, 06:43:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zoli on April 02, 2023, 05:31:12 pm ---For our future discussions, please remember.
Thank you.

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I don't think anyone will not remember that you are either disingenuously obtuse or utterly unable to infer context and intent.

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Thank you, too.
Edit: your comment was really helpful; from now on I will try to be more detailed on my intentions.

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