Do your Spotlights leak in river crossings ????
Submitted: Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:59
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Member - Willie , Epping .Syd.
Howdy all ,
I am just trying to find out if my expectations for my new
driving lights are unrealistic .
My old lights were Cibie Oscars and served me
well on three Landcruisers . They had many swims , but never had
water ( visible ) in them afterwards .They may not have been waterproof , but they certainly had any aperture in a position which made the entry of
water difficult .
Do your
driving lights have a couple of centimeters of
water in them after a quick
creek crossing ?
Thanks ,
Willie
Reply By: Member - Jeff M (WA) - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 11:43
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 11:43
My cheapo Nightvisions get
water between the plastic cover and the glass lens after charging muddy/wattery sections. I've just gotten over it now, but they were cheap and it's not actually inside the spottie itself it just looks like it is. I think
mine are actually a sealed beam though where as more expensive brands like lightforce hasve breathers so that they don't crack from the heat expansion etc. Are they lightforce that you have? I belive you can get breather extensions for them (same as you would for your diff).
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:16
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:16
Jeff ,
Yours are mounted quite low too , so they would certainly cop a few swims .
Mine arn't Lightforce - I wish I had bought them but at the time I did not like the way they used the plastic cover to change them from spot to spread beam .
Their waterproof membrane would have tipped the scales had I known what I know now .
Thanks ,
Willie
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Reply By: cokeaddict - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 12:40
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 12:40
Hey Willie, how are ya?
I got the IPF's and i do lots of river crossings (my fav) Havent seen any signs of
water in them YET. and i have opened them up from time to time just to check. Maybe it would be a different story if i had to stop mid stream though.
Take care mate.
Ange
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:19
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:19
Thanks Ange , the IPFs sound like good value .
Willie
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 12:47
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 12:47
my 240 lightforces have been copmletely submerged in
water before but have never let a drop in...
most modern lights should be fine ...
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:49
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:49
G'day Truckster,
Maybe you will know this technical question : Do all HID lights need a breather because of the high temps they operate at .
If they do , I would have thought it would have been located at the bottom of the unit so that an air bubble ( like a diving bell uses ) would stop much
water coming in . How smart would a company be to design them with the hole that the
water could flow in ?
Cheers ,
Willie
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Reply By: Member - Stan (VIC) - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:40
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:40
On our last High country trip one on the
river crossing in my rig pic
one guy had his lights full of
water can't remember if it there Lightforce 240
or Hella 4000 thought....
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:51
Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005 at 13:51
Stan ,
I bet I can guess which , but as I am in the middle of warranty negotiations , I will refrain for the time being .
Thanks ,
Willie
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Reply By: Member - David 0- Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 16:54
Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 16:54
Willie
Yep sure do! The light leaks right out of 'em- can't seem to stop it! Any sugestions?
:-)
Just trying to cheer up a cantakerous old fart :-)
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 19:02
Thursday, Sep 29, 2005 at 19:02
Hi David ,
I feel much better now ! Don't buy Hella
driving lights - at least not the Predators and the 4000 series as the wiring goes in half way up the back of the light and the
water just floods in .
It cost me $2500 to find that out .
Cheers ,
Willie .
PS
I am just getting some facts together and I am going to do a big dump on Hella on this site . It probably wont worry them , but it will make me feel much better .
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