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    Advice MOT tester in the house

    i have grown weary of teaching people to pass their tests and trying to be nice to the chav sporn on their 'peds' and have now gone back into spannering for a main dealer and have recently qualified as a class 1 & 2 MOT tester.
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    Default Re: MOT tester in the house

    HIDs, what is the real score on these.

    Apparently ok if they can be adjusted?

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    Default Re: MOT tester in the house

    Right now they are ok as long as the beam pattern is ok on the the beam tester but VOSA is pushing to outlaw retrofit HID kits (quite rightly so I think - on light units designed for halogen bulbs they are a bloody menace and dangerous especially if damaged in an accident)

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    Default Re: MOT tester in the house

    asides from being bright which can lead to problems for oncoming cars, why are they otherwise a menace in accidents?

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    Default Re: MOT tester in the house

    They operate on very high voltages (30kv+)
    most accidents involving m/c result in the headlamp unit being damaged and the wiring for the lamps winds it's way round the headstock and close to the lock stops, there have been cases where riders/rescuers have received quite severe shocks from exposed wiring turning the frame of the m/c live.
    Then there is, as you point out, the problems with dazzling incoming traffic due to the lack of self levelling devices fitted to m/c headlamps - don't forget that as the m/c leans into a corner the flat beam line will raise on the outside edge and dip on the inside edge, thus blinding oncoming traffic on lefthanders regardless of how well the lens reduces unwanted light scatter from the lens designed for a different lamp type.

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