LED Headlights in Snow

[Guardstang]

Anybody got experienced from last winter driving with LED headlights? Regular bulbs get hot and melt the ice and snow that forms on your headlights--I'm curious whats going to happen.

 

[MerlintheMad]

As the Stinger was tested in extreme winter conditions (Sweden), I'm confident that the LEDs put out enough warmth to keep off snow and ice buildup on the headlight lens. But the voices of experience are always better than confidence.

 

[Revvdmedia]

I can't speak from experience first-hand (I will be able to later this winter), but I do know LED bulbs do produce heat. On the back of the bulbs (led bulbs) there are usually fins to dissipate heat which leads me to believe the internals produce a nominal amount of heat. The question is whether or not the heat on the back end of the bulb will warm up the headlight housing.

 

[westcoastGT]

lights are fine in snow ........the radar fills up with snow in the grill and sets off the warning lights !

 

[Crisis]

Hmmm, I haven't driven in much sticky snow yet, but I can report that on cold, frosty mornings, the LED lights do NOT melt the frost from my headlights. At least not after 10 minutes of remote start run time and a 15 minute drive to work.

 

[Guardstang]

So I can kinda answer this one after today's ice storm in southern Ontario. This morning I let the car warm up and went out to clear the windows from ice. I sat in the car, put my coffee in the console and grabbed the snow-brush. When I closed the door the drivers window shattered and for a moment I was dumbfounded, the ice was about 3/16 thick and was all in the seat and floor. Quickly I realized I must have hit the express down button on the drivers door with my gloves on and it was safely in the door. I scooped out all the ice I could from the seat and went inside to get some paper towels and cleaned it best I could with it pouring freezing rain and cleared enough ice to drive to work ( Its a 3 min drive)
So it rained ice all day and when it was time to go home I remote started the car again and because it was getting dark I wanted to headlights cleared-the heat from the bulbs loosened the ice enough it popped off like it was a cap on the headlight so there must be some heat going on.

 

[westcoastGT]

park the car and head to Jamaica ! .................Mon

 

[MerlintheMad]

So I can kinda answer this one after today's ice storm in southern Ontario. This morning I let the car warm up and went out to clear the windows from ice. I sat in the car, put my coffee in the console and grabbed the snow-brush. When I closed the door the drivers window shattered and for a moment I was dumbfounded, the ice was about 3/16 thick and was all in the seat and floor. Quickly I realized I must have hit the express down button on the drivers door with my gloves on and it was safely in the door. I scooped out all the ice I could from the seat and went inside to get some paper towels and cleaned it best I could with it pouring freezing rain and cleared enough ice to drive to work ( Its a 3 min drive)
So it rained ice all day and when it was time to go home I remote started the car again and because it was getting dark I wanted to headlights cleared-the heat from the bulbs loosened the ice enough it popped off like it was a cap on the headlight so there must be some heat going on.

You had me going for a solid two minutes. Shattered driver's window!? Oh, that's what you thought, until you realized the window was down. Funny!

 

[PMB]

Hey, when I remote start, only the 4ways flash while the car is running... Not sure how that's expected to make enough heat to melt anything off the headlights...

 

[Nexitus]

That's when you use a brush...