DIY LED HEADLIGHTS | LED FOG LIGHTS – handmade
High-power LED bulbs for fog lights with the correct cut-off line. They do not blind oncoming drivers. Manufacturing is not difficult, you don’t even need to break or disassemble the headlight. The whole idea is an LED light bulb with a special arrangement of LEDs. Cree LEDs of the XM-L2 T6 C3 series are used, with a light temperature of 5000K, that is, like daylight. For cooling, special heat pipes are used, such as those used in laptops for cooling, and passive radiators. To power the LEDs, I used a Chinese 5 amp driver, in which the current and voltage can be adjusted. The total consumption of one such LED lamp is about 14 watts, and the light intensity is almost the same as that of a 55-watt halogen lamp.
You can find links to all components that were ordered via the Internet in the description under each video on YouTube.
PART 1: LED HEADLIGHTS - the idea of creating LED fog lights | PART 1: LED FOG LIGHTS – the idea
The idea of creating LED fog lights that give the correct beam of light like factory lamps. Which can work in fog lamp mode and in daytime running lights mode. And which consume only 14 watts of electricity, which, although a little, saves gasoline! To be honest, similar lamps are already on the Chinese market, but their quality is highly questionable. I say this because I already had experience with Chinese lanterns and car bulbs. It is also not known how the Chinese light bulbs will shine, 99% is that they will not simply fall into the focus of the headlight. And the price of Chinese light bulbs is around $100. Therefore, I decided to make similar light bulbs myself, only from high-quality diodes and completely customized them to match my headlight, and set them to operate at 70% of their maximum power, so that they shine forever. Unlike the Chinese ones which operate at 110% of their capacity and burn out in just a couple of months((
PART 2: LED HEADLIGHTS - DIY process | PART 2: LED FOG LIGHTS – handmade
How to make an LED lamp for a fog light with your own hands. Detailed description of the entire process. List of components and tools. I used the following components: - Cree XM-L2 T6 C3 LEDs - Copper thermal tubes - Drivers - Connectors - Cheap halogen lamps with H11 base - Radiators - Copper wires - Epoxy glue - Thermal adhesive - Electrical tape - Soldering iron - Alcohol
