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08-13-07 | 11:56 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by Grun

Thanks. As it turns out, L&M overvolts their bulbs, thereby shortening the life. Jet Lite makes a much more powerful bulb, that is why it is so much brighter, and more efficient, and lasts for many seasons.

Overvolting shortens the bulb life but, in practice, it's not that big an issue. I've been over over-volting MR11s for years...either at 7.2V or 14.4V. I've only replaced one because of burn out. BatterySpace sells them for around $3 and they are of close to the same quality as OEM.

That said, I've read lots of raves about Jet Lites. Never seen one, however.

My systems are cobbled together from various stuff. Mostly around Niterider heads similar to the Trailrat.

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