HID Bulbs: A Wonderful Lighting Option In Automobiles

HID stands for High Intensity Discharge that is a lighting technology that depends on electric energy to ignite xenon gas in a sealed quartz bulb. The light produced by these bulbs is similar to the natural light of the sun. The best thing about these lights is that there is no filament involved in these light forms as a result of which electric discharge takes place inside the bulb filled with xenon gas.  Here, the arc of light is produced between the two electrodes in a glass tube that is all filled with inert gases and metal salts.



The major benefit of using HID bulbs is that the light produce is of high intensity, but the energy consumed is quite less as compared to standard bulbs. The important structure present inside these bulbs is the ballast that consists of a circuit board along with resistors, capacitors and transistors. Moreover, this ballast works as a light control center that ignites the light and regulates its power flow. Heat is not the necessary component of the light produced in these bulbs and hence, more light is generated at much cooler temperature. As no heating takes place, this results in the increased life of these bulbs.

There are so many additional benefits that are associated with these special HID based bulbs. These are water, weather, vibrations and shock resistance. These are even UV rays protected and made using good quality material. One will find these bulbs with varying intensity like 3000K, 4300K, 6000K, 8000K, 10000K, 12000K and many more. All these bulbs are not suitable to the automobiles. There is a provision of buying the lighting assembly equipped with the HID bulbs. There is the other option where you can simply buy these bulbs and put them in the existing lights that are already installed in your vehicle.

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