Dust Covers and LED Headlights

Sandman27 · Post by **Sandman27** » Fri May 08, 2020 7:49 pm

Hi all i have recently fitted pair of LED headlamps to my 14 Wing. The heatsink and the fan on the back of the globe leave no scope for putting the dust cover back on. So i will now show my naïvety and ask is it necessary for the dust cover to be there, or can i run safely without it?

tamathumper · Post by **tamathumper** » Sat May 09, 2020 7:34 am

What brand of headlights did you use, and did you follow the instructions closely?

I would imagine without the dust cover in place you're going to get a lot more dust and moisture inside the assemblies. It will degrade light performance and may degrade the reflectors themselves, which are $$$ IIRC. And a pain to get to if you need to replace them.

keithg64 · Post by **keithg64** » Sun May 10, 2020 7:27 am

I agree that the dust cover needs to be on there for the very reason that tamathumper said. Last week I was on about 2 miles of gravel road and the dust was just rolling off the bike.

Sandman27 · Post by **Sandman27** » Sun May 10, 2020 6:05 pm

As of right now I have removed the LEDs' and put the normal lamps back in so that the dust covers can be in place, just didn't feel right. What is a good brand of LED headlamp for the 14 Wing?

keithg64 · Post by **keithg64** » Sun May 10, 2020 8:36 pm

I bought these from cyclemax last year and really like them.

https://www.cyclemax.com/inc/sdetail/gl ... /73/302772

tamathumper · Post by **tamathumper** » Mon May 11, 2020 6:20 am

Yes, Electrical Connection headlamps are great.

baumedagn · Post by **baumedagn** » Mon May 11, 2020 3:11 pm

The instructions that came with my SoCal LED's said to trim the dust cover to fit.

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