HIR lights?

[toybox]

These are developed by GE and are in John Deere stuff where high intensity light is needed. I read over at Yotatech that someone has these in there truck and was wondering where you would get these. Anybody know anything about these?

 

[Pribilof]

I found this

Unlike traditional quartz halogen globes, Halogen Infra Red (HIR) lighting technology works by reflecting infra red energy back on to the globe's filament to superheat it. The result is a whiter, brighter light that's almost double the output of a standard 65 watt globe. What's more, the low wattage of the IPF-HIR's allows for greater globe life and durability.

There's a bunch of stuff on google. Search for "hir lights".

 

[toybox]

I'll do the search but does anyone know how they compare to silverstars in price, longevity and brightness?

 

[bryancos]

HIR 9011/9012 replace 9005/9006 bulbs

Check out the following article:

http://bmwz.org/articles/lighting/0506trick/

Also see the blurb on HIR lamps here:
http://www.hidforum.com/ayh/lumen.php


Note that the color temp of Silverstars is rated at 4000K, while these HIRs are 3600K -- meaning they won't appear as "white"... Standard Halogen is around 3200K. I'm sure it won't be long before Sylvania markets a Silverstar HIR type lamp...