Passing Lamp Bulbs - Any alternative to the spendy HD bulbs?
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Passing Lamp Bulbs - Any alternative to the spendy HD bulbs?
Smooth rides and less than 600 miles on 2012 EG LTD and already have a bulb failure. Found the HD bulbs at a dealer for $16 each. Not sure if this is the typical HD high price markup or reasonable. Any good less expensive alternatives that members have found? NAPA, Autozone, Schucks, ...?
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Smooth rides and less than 600 miles on 2012 EG LTD and already have a bulb failure. Found the HD bulbs at a dealer for $16 each. Not sure if this is the typical HD high price markup or reasonable. Any good less expensive alternatives that members have found? NAPA, Autozone, Schucks, ...?
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there are a few alternative bulbs- in general the higher the wattage the shorter the life- sylvania or phillips will do better than non-name brands.
do a little shopping at the auto parts store.
( I have a list of cross reference (incl. #881) bulbs at home in my manual- but I'm in Australia at the moment)
if you have re-occuring bulb failure in same location, that indicates a bad ground connection.
Mike
do a little shopping at the auto parts store.
( I have a list of cross reference (incl. #881) bulbs at home in my manual- but I'm in Australia at the moment)
if you have re-occuring bulb failure in same location, that indicates a bad ground connection.
Mike
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The replaceable running lamp bulbs, stock, are GE 881L bulbs.
The 881L (L is for long life) is rated at:
Ge Halogen 12v 881L/BP replacement Bulb
Primary Application: Fog/Driving Lights
12.8 Volts, 2.10 Amps, 27 Watts
T-3-1/4 Bulb Type, Right Angle PGJ13 Base
43 Mean Spherical Candle Power from C-6 Style Filament, 1000 Hour Rated Ave. Lab Life
I found and purchased the GE 898 bulbs. The specs are:
Ge Halogen 12v 898/BP replacement Bulb
Primary Application: Fog/Driving Lights
12.8 Volts, 2.93 Amps, 38 Watts
T-3-1/4 Bulb Type, Right Angle PGJ13 Base
60 Mean Spherical Candle Power from C-6 Style Filament, 1900 Hour Rated Ave. Lab Life
The 881L (L is for long life) is rated at:
Ge Halogen 12v 881L/BP replacement Bulb
Primary Application: Fog/Driving Lights
12.8 Volts, 2.10 Amps, 27 Watts
T-3-1/4 Bulb Type, Right Angle PGJ13 Base
43 Mean Spherical Candle Power from C-6 Style Filament, 1000 Hour Rated Ave. Lab Life
I found and purchased the GE 898 bulbs. The specs are:
Ge Halogen 12v 898/BP replacement Bulb
Primary Application: Fog/Driving Lights
12.8 Volts, 2.93 Amps, 38 Watts
T-3-1/4 Bulb Type, Right Angle PGJ13 Base
60 Mean Spherical Candle Power from C-6 Style Filament, 1900 Hour Rated Ave. Lab Life
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Color
I could not tell any difference. No blue or yellow tint, just brighter due to higher candle power. JMO
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the replacment bulbs are about 30 bucks at the dealer here, I get them at the local canadian tire GE881 for 12 bucks. no difference in color between my two lamps (one side is HD and the other is Canadian tire)
Steve
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Thanks for all the help. Couldn't find the GEs locally but did find the NAPA 881 for $9. That being said, I still plan to stay on the lookout for the GE881L as the "long life" is appealing and I don't know how well the NAPAs will fare.
I've used yellow 37w yellow bulbs with good success. That said, I recently spent the $$ on some Phase 6 LED's because the difference is quite honestly, like night and day. Phase 7 are the newer style but the Phase 6 is more noticeable in the daylight..