habbie
04-02-2007, 09:52 AM
The days of the old humming, magnetic core & coil-type ballasts have come to an end.
The digital (electronic) ballast is the latest in ballast innovation. Digital ballasts are more efficient, quieter, cooler, and softer/easier on the bulb all the while allowing for a much smaller and neater package. Digital ballasts do not have any of the usual transformers or capacitors, instead these ballasts have electronic circuitry doing the same job, only much more efficiently using significantly less current.
they have the capability of self diagnostic and reset, including specific protection circuits to detect various lamp- and ballast-fault conditions allowing to safely shutdown or reset the ballast.
when the ballast fires the bulb it sends full power to the cold bulb, Over time, this shortens the bulb life and reduces the output and life span of the bulb, Digital ballasts start by sending a low amount of power to the bulb and steadily increases the power over the next few seconds until the bulb has reached full brightness, This is also known as soft starting, which minimizes the damage to the bulb and increases its life.
After one year of use the usable light coming from bulbs that are run on digital ballasts has decreased significantly less where as the same bulb being used in the coil type ballast would have lost over 10% more usable light over the same period of time.
so what does it all mean to you?? the very best hid kit just got that much better in a much smaller and much neater package that's easy to install.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h70/umnitzaeast/prolumenslim22-1.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h70/umnitzaeast/prolumenslim23-1.jpg
prolumen hids are availble here:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=544257&page=25
The digital (electronic) ballast is the latest in ballast innovation. Digital ballasts are more efficient, quieter, cooler, and softer/easier on the bulb all the while allowing for a much smaller and neater package. Digital ballasts do not have any of the usual transformers or capacitors, instead these ballasts have electronic circuitry doing the same job, only much more efficiently using significantly less current.
they have the capability of self diagnostic and reset, including specific protection circuits to detect various lamp- and ballast-fault conditions allowing to safely shutdown or reset the ballast.
when the ballast fires the bulb it sends full power to the cold bulb, Over time, this shortens the bulb life and reduces the output and life span of the bulb, Digital ballasts start by sending a low amount of power to the bulb and steadily increases the power over the next few seconds until the bulb has reached full brightness, This is also known as soft starting, which minimizes the damage to the bulb and increases its life.
After one year of use the usable light coming from bulbs that are run on digital ballasts has decreased significantly less where as the same bulb being used in the coil type ballast would have lost over 10% more usable light over the same period of time.
so what does it all mean to you?? the very best hid kit just got that much better in a much smaller and much neater package that's easy to install.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h70/umnitzaeast/prolumenslim22-1.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h70/umnitzaeast/prolumenslim23-1.jpg
prolumen hids are availble here:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=544257&page=25