Xenon malfunction - how to recognize?
We wrote about the advantage of xenon over halogens in this post, we recommend that you read it. But what if the xenon headlights, which so clearly affect the comfort and safety of our driving, fail or, naturally, due to their service life, burn out? A professional exchange can be quite expensiveSelf repair too difficult and risky, and buying cheaper substitutes is often illegal.
Strong, but with a certain shelf life
Xenon life at best 2-3 thousand hours, and this is about 70-120 thousand kilometers. How do you know when the discharge lamp is about to run out? It's not that xenon burns out overnight. Most often, a decrease in their light output is manifested. color change of emitted light, usually lilac. With both halogens and xenon, you can rest assured that The burnout of one lamp will signal a burnout, and the other... This is why xenon always belongs exchange pairs is a rule of thumb for all automotive lighting.
Sometimes the failure of gas discharge lamps can be manifested by flashing - then the igniter is faulty if our xenon lamps are integrated with it. In the case of xenon lamps, lamp failure often goes hand in hand with igniter or converter failure. It may happen that the igniter itself has failed, then the best way to check this is to rearrange the light bulb to another lamp. If the bulb does not light up, then you can be sure that it also burned out.
Alone or with the help of professionals?
Replacing xenon burners with your own hands is not an easy task, but not impossible either. You can deal with this provided that easy access to lamps... If you decide to replace it yourself, you must store it throughout its life. extreme caution... The voltage generated by the igniter when the light is turned on exceeds 20 volts and can kill. Therefore, it is mandatory turn off the ignition when replacing the xenon headlight... To be sure that the discharge lamps will be replaced properly, and most importantly, that we will not pay for this with life or health, we will entrust this task to an Authorized Service Station. This is the simplest solution, but it is undoubtedly expensive. The final cost will depend on the nature of the replacement and the associated workload. The worst thing we can do is be tempted cheap and tricky substitutes - bad fakes will do more harm than good. Their durability leaves much to be desired, and the use of this type of lighting usually ends with the failure of the converter.
On avtotachki.com you can find branded original xenon lamps from manufacturers such as Osram, Philips, Narva, General Electric, Tungsram and Neolux.
You can find out more about xenon:
Do xenons wear out?
What is the difference between xenon and bixenon?
Types of xenon lamps
Xenon lamps D1S - popular models
Xenons D2S - recommended models
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