22-01-2021, 02:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-01-2021, 02:43 PM by Stuart Giles.)
(20-01-2021, 09:37 PM)duncan Wrote: For those who ‘bother’ with MoTs
The upgrading of existing halogen headlamps with HID bulbs has been a MoT fail for a few years now. However upgrading with LED bulbs was OK.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-insp...#section-4-1-4
From 11 January 2021 the MoT rules have been updated to make the fitment of LED bulbs (in existing halogen units) a fail.
Link to Govt website
Isn't this just closing a gap between MOT requirements and the Construction and Use Regulations which appear to have been written prior to the appearance of aftermarket LED lamps. Leaving aside all the (lack of) "E" marking issues with aftermarket LED lamps and (il)legality, There is still this requirement for headlamps in the C & U regs.
SCHEDULE 5
PART I
(b) A motor vehicle, other than a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination, first used before 1st April 1986:
30 watts minimum
30W LED headlights would be pretty spectacular on a 7, but on the other hand, a pair of 30W filament headlamps would kill the battery on a 7 equipped with the magneto style dynamo PDQ. IIRC, there is a requirement somewhere in the C & U regs for the stop lights to be a minimum of 15W as well.