I am not an expert in electricity, but as some one said voltage is not the amount of electricity but the pressure at which it is supplied. For example some one could hook you up to a generator and hit you with a million amps, but if the voltage is low it will not beable to cross your skin and harm you. However a few amps at 240V can penetrate the relative insulation of your skin and cause you serious damage.

thats right will, voltage is more like the pressue and ampage kinda like the weight. very little weight at very high speed will hurt a bit but unlikely to kill you but a big weight at much smaller speed will do lots more damage

voltage and current are like either side of a see-saw with power( wattage) being the pivot. as one side goes down the other goes up in direct relation

thats why low voltage equipement need bigger cables, because the amps denote the size of cable needed, not the voltage

I am not an expert in electricity, but as some one said voltage is not the amount of electricity but the pressure at which it is supplied. For example some one could hook you up to a generator and hit you with a million amps, but if the voltage is low it will not beable to cross your skin and harm you. However a few amps at 240V can penetrate the relative insulation of your skin and cause you serious damage.

Volts shock

Current kills

and i'm too young for o levels btw :P

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These analogies are getter weirder!

Just get a voltmeter on the headlight bulb, switch the bulb on and you will see the voltage drop by a few tenths of volts. If you ever played with a bulb on a variable voltage power supply you will see what a difference voltage make. A filament bulb is actually a non linear device, in that increasing voltage does not give a corresponding increase in current as the filament gets hotter and its resistance increases (and it gets brighter)

The scope for significantly brighter lights by just changing the bulb is limited....

very little weight at very high speed will hurt a bit but unlikely to kill you

Like a bullet?

more like a grain of sand, what with a bullit being able to kill you and 0.0001 amps not being able to.

FFS you 2 are as bad as the computer geeks babbling on about clock speeds and memory types.

Who gives a flying **** about volt drop?

Get some decent bulbs and be done with it.

They DO improve things, in spite of what anyone claims. Keep your headlights clean too, it makes all the difference.

As for the longevity of x% brighter bulbs, i've had mine since i bought the car (March 03) and they're still going strong.

Fitted mine today, i agree they are a bit better, not had a real chance to test as i kept catching people up but they are definately much "whiter" and a wider beam. (the hedges light up lovely!! ) not sure how much distance they give. What setting should the headlight adjuster be on BTW? (normal car load)

The +50% bulb is not a 100W bulb, it is a legal 55/60W bulb.

Indeed, i bought the +50% Osram Silver Stars (normal wattage) for dipped (see above).

The 100w bulbs are for high beam and are exactly that, 100w.

i got 100/90's in mine at the moment, nice and bright. might rewire the nova lights and stick 130/100's in it and some extra highbeam lamps some where and a set of fogs. will be like daylight when its al turned on