12000k what u guys think ?

[DaGFTDOne]

To the moron who said K doesnt stand for Kelvin.... takefn from the STICKIED HID Ref. thread.... props to EK9 for this one

Bulbs
The bulbs. The common mistake some people here is that all these high kelvin rated bulbs are the shizzle. Well, they couldn't be more wrong. The higher you go in kelvin, the less light and lumens you'll have. Pratically anything over 6k is really a waste if your at all concerned with your safety and brightness of lighting. So what is the best bulb out there then you ask? 4100-4300k. It has the most lumens out of all the HID bulbs produced. Thats why car manifacturers still use them today. Below is a graph showing you the variances of the light spectrum. As you can see, 4100k would be right where the "sweet spot" is on that chart. It produces near to the suns same kelvin thus giving you daylight-like output. Think of it like this, high kelvin bulbs would be like being out in the sun with sunglasses on vs a 4100k being in the sun w/o glasses on.

Also here is another good thing to know taken from the FAQ:
Yellow:
1500 k Candlelight
2700-2900 k Yellow painted fog halogen bulbs
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Yellowish white:
3200 k Sunrise/sunset
3200 k Premium H7 non painted halogen bulb
3400 k 1 hour from dusk/dawn
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White:
4100 k Philips/Osram OEM HID D2S
5500 k Bright sunny daylight around noon
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Blueish white
5500-5600 k Electronic photo flash
6000 k Philips Ultinon HID D2S
6500-7500 k Overcast sky
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Blue:
9000-12000 k Blue sky
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Purple:
28000 Northern sky
12000-30000 k Ultra Violet light (black light) .

 

[gearbox]

just in case nobody studied astronomy, that scale comes from the color and temp of stars. thats why 2000 kelvin is red giant, 10000 kelvin is blue dwarf etc. someone just decided it would be easy to use it for headlights for some strange reason. the temps dont mean anything we all know no bulb gets anywhere near 1000 kelvin even. its strictly based on color visual only. its an analogy to colors, which really still doesnt make sense because those color intensities dont even match.

one more thing, the electromagnetic spectrum is more useful to use especially when talking about wavelengths of light. take a halogen bulb for instance, most of its visible light is emitted in the red/orange portion of the spectrum (high wavelength). this is why when you get blue bulbs, there is very little visible light on the ground. the opposite is also true: when you filter out the blue light (called selective yellow), they are much brighter because you are taking away a very small part of the bulb output.

 

[K2_civic]

Excellent response, you noticed my sarcasm, corrected me in an intelligent method, and made fun of me in a non-direct sense, I knew what everyone was talking about, I guess I think of myself as the "dumb-ass" moderator and I like to see people spell things right and refer things in the proper manner (yes, i spell things wrong, i don't use capital letters, and most sentences are run on, before any of you can call me out on that) but I just want to think that we are all pretty smart on club civic

 

[Grafix Ink.]

who cares... u all got too much time on hands...

 

[DaGFTDOne]

This is clubcivic, anoyone on here has wayyy too much time on their hands