Can i use an LED H7 Bulb On my bike without conversion kit?

[Fatharleyride...]

I was under the impression that to use an LED bulb you need to use a conversion kit for your bike if it's not made for LED Bulbs. Then i saw some H7 LED bulbs with the standard 2 pin configuration on ebay?

so surely these bulbs would just be plug and play as a standard H7 bulb? Or do i infact need a conversion to use a LED bulb?

Thanks

[tom_e]

I'm running H4 LEDs in my standard setup, they're designed to be completely plug and play no need to mess with anything.

[RhynoCZ]

How many lumens do they get? If it's nowhere near 1500-1600lm, then don't bother, it will be crap. Good/bright enough LED bulbs cost a small fortune.

No conversion kit needed.
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[Rogerborg]

We're talking £100+ LEDs.

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[RhynoCZ]

[Fatharleyride...]

[quote="RhynoCZ"
That is the colour temperature, not the brightness!

Brightness is measured in lumens (lm). Read my post.

https://cdn3.craftsy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/color-temp.jpg[/quote]

My bad, it says 900lm, guess that's pretty naff?

[RhynoCZ]

Yes, 900lm is not enough. A standard H7 bulb is about 1500-1600lm. Anything less than that would mean worse visibility.
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[Fatharleyride...]

[Hahadumball]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rover%C2%AE-Headlight-9600LM-4800LM-Bright/dp/B01I4MRMWY/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1473417134&sr=8-18&keywords=led+bulb+h4

these are "half decent" led bulbs

as are these
https://www.amazon.co.uk/NIGHTEYE-Headlight-Conversion-Driving-8000LM/dp/B01J7KJF0E/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1473417134&sr=8-17&keywords=led+bulb+h4

these are shit:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VEHICLE-AUTO-Light-Bulb-Lamp/dp/B00C2IT9Z0/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1473417102&sr=8-29&keywords=led+bulb+h4
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[RhynoCZ]

I checked the ebay.co.uk and I found 4000lm and even 8000lm. Even 4000lm seems a bit excessive. The legal limit for a conventional bulb (CZE, not sure about the UK) is 1500lm (+/-10%). A xenon light is betwewn 3000-3200lm (google). So the 4000lm should be very, very bright. The 8000lm seems impossible to even imagine. Also, there's this thing, that with higher the colour temperature, less lumen get out of the bulb, so at 6000K the 1400lm bulb could emit the same amout of light as a standard 4200K bulb that emits the declared 1500-1600lm.

Oh, one more thing, even 3000lm is very bright, so do not turn it on when the bulb is not seated in the headlight and do not look directly into the headlight, you may go blind if you do so.

TL; DR: If I'm not mistaken, the 6000k 1400lm LED is a direct swap for the 4200k 1500lm bulb you have there now, which means there will be no difference. Well the colour temperature of the bubl will change, obviously.

EDIT: While I was typing that and checking the ebay, Paul gave you quite the same answer first.
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[tom_e]

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Couple of years ago i tried three different types of LED H7 bulbs for a review. My conclusion was they all gave the impression of giving off a lot of light but when it came down to hard and comparative night testing on country roads the LED bulbs could not project as well as the halogens.

In the end I fitted HIDs and never looked back since.

Disclaimer: LED technology is moving at a rapid pace and H7 LED bulbs may now be up to par if they are of a more recent generation. But I was not willing to throw more money at the experiment as it was getting costly.
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