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Old Feb 21, 2003 | 06:32 PM
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BLEW UP MY 1 Piece Head light

Ok I had my light bulb in my cefiro 1 piece blow up, as in 1,000,001 shards of purple glass and a yellow stain on the inside of the housing... any suggestions of how to clean it up?
Old Feb 21, 2003 | 07:43 PM
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Sorry your loss! I have no clue how it to clean it up, but do you have any idea to how the bulb blew? What bulbs were you using? Im guessing there is a way to take them apart which would be the easiest way to clean it up. This is the first problem ive heard of with the cefiro lights.
Old Feb 21, 2003 | 08:19 PM
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Sorry your loss! I have no clue how it to clean it up, but do you have any idea to how the bulb blew? What bulbs were you using? Im guessing there is a way to take them apart which would be the easiest way to clean it up. This is the first problem ive heard of with the cefiro lights.
cold water and a hot light bulb.

Water slowly leaked down from where my strobes are drilled into the housing.
Old Feb 22, 2003 | 10:14 AM
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Originally posted by SLC I30t
cold water and a hot light bulb.

Water slowly leaked down from where my strobes are drilled into the housing.
That is why you install strobes at the bottom of the housing.
Old Feb 22, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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no can do. the housing for the cefiro head lamps uses the top to pivot the inner housing for directing the beam on the road. So there would be increased movement on the bottom of the housing and increasing the chance of damaging a 30 dollar strobe light and shorting out a 200 dollar controller. All in all I wouldn't have put those strobes in my headlights, knowing what I know now. But for real, how do I fix-e my problem?
Old Feb 22, 2003 | 12:40 PM
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remove the housing and use rubbing alcohol to get the stains out...perhaps a new pencil with eraser tip on the end with small gauze pad or poriion of a cloth diaper would work fine and just swap it out slowly...good luck
Old Feb 23, 2003 | 04:24 PM
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Originally posted by SLC I30t
no can do. the housing for the cefiro head lamps uses the top to pivot the inner housing for directing the beam on the road. So there would be increased movement on the bottom of the housing and increasing the chance of damaging a 30 dollar strobe light and shorting out a 200 dollar controller. All in all I wouldn't have put those strobes in my headlights, knowing what I know now. But for real, how do I fix-e my problem?
You have to use a huge amount of RTV Silicone around the strobe bulbs' hole so that water/condensation doesn't get inside of them. This way none of this happens and everyone stays happy.
Old Feb 23, 2003 | 04:50 PM
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actually I've decided to go with a marine adhesive sealant. I tried to rinse it out, and now I have small stains all over the inside of the housing, I guess on wed I'll try the isopropyl alchol.
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