A long life bulb could provide protection from potholes

As Ring explains, vibrations can result in damage to headlight bulbs

A long life bulb could provide protection from potholes

Potholes are a regular annoyance for drivers, but do they know just how much damage potholes can do to their vehicles? The continual shock to the vehicle’s various systems can impact many different areas, and although suspension and tyres are the most obvious components, what about lighting?

When a vehicle hits a pothole, there’s usually a large thud, but generally, the vehicle continues on its journey without significant thought.

But technicians should be educating drivers on what the impact those potholes may have on the vehicle’s systems.

While many technicians focus on the damage potholes can do to the tyres, suspension, wheel balancing and tracking, Ring is urging technicians to begin checking bulbs when customers come in with a pothole-related job.

Halogen bulbs and sealed beam headlights have very fine tungsten wire filaments inside that glow and produce light when it’s heated. This filament is likely to break at some point in the bulb’s lifespan.

However, this can be exacerbated if the vehicle is continually driving through potholes because a bulb experiences a large vibration shock and this may impact the filament inside and cause it to break.

If a customer comes into the workshop and mentions or complains about potholes in the road, a technician can take this opening to look at their bulbs and check if they need replacing. If they find that any have failed, this then provides the extra opportunity to offer them an upgraded bulb such as Ring’s long life bulb.

Ring’s range of long life bulbs contain molybdenum structures to support the filament minimising vibration impacts from potholes. These bulbs can also operate at higher voltages above the standard 12V operating current, as more and more vehicles are operating at 13-14V due to the increase in electrics, this shortens the life of bulbs.

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