"Chevrolet Niva": low beam lamp. "Chevrolet Niva": types of lamps used on a car

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

South Ural offers relaxation after production overloads to spend for the benefit of the home budget. Travelers with their own transport are expected:

1. Fishing on remote mountain lakes all year round.

2. Gathering berries and mushrooms in the forest and meadows in summer.

3. Hunting for birds and beasts in the open season.

For outdoor enthusiasts leaving home after dark, two things are important:

• sufficient illumination of the area in front of the driver;
• impeccable behavior of direction indicators and position signals.

A network of on-board lighting, including a low beam lamp (on the Chevrolet Niva, for example), will help you overcome distances without interference, reach wildlife pantries and return home without interference.

Seen from afar

The Russian SUV is equipped with the necessary lighting devices.

Halogen or LED headlights are installed in the high and low beam headlightslamps.

For a long-range view of the night road, type H1 is used. The brightness of the glow of a glass bulb with a tungsten filament is achieved by filling it with a mixture of inert and halogen gases.

Fog lights are equipped with both halogen and LED H3 sources. The positive qualities of diode lamps are low heating and low impact on vision.

In order not to blind oncoming drivers, the headlights are used in the Chevrolet Niva low beam lamp H7.

Do not confuse direction

In addition to headlights, the machine is equipped with position and turn indicators. Front and rear turn signals are completed with PY21W elements. In working condition, the lights glow bright yellow, and when turned off, they acquire a silver tint. Suitable element for tuning. After all, the owner of the car will prance in the city.

Front position signal and side direction indicators work on W5W SDL fixtures. Since LEDs are sensitive to on-board voltage surges, the W5W are equipped with current stabilizers.

Rear position lights, low visibility lights and brake lights are fitted with a P21/5W dual tungsten LED bulb.

P21W single filament source is installed in the reversing light indicator.

The state license plate is illuminated by a lamp with SDL C5W. The same products are put in the salon.

The economical driver's solution

Halogen power is 55-60W, LED is 5W or 21W.

The mounting sockets are designed for the base of incandescent lamps. So the instruments are interchangeable. But diode sources have the following advantages:

• A trip to the forest is an off-road route with shaking and vibration. In incandescent devices, the bulb is fragile, in LED lights it is durable.
• Incandescent lamps transfer 95% of the generated heat to the glass and base. Overheating leads to damage to the on-board network and parts of the head optics. The C5W and W5W marker lights generate heat when operating, but the heat energy is dissipated through the mounting substrate and does not affect the contacts.

Comparative characteristics are given in the table.

Indicator	Unit of measurement	LN, 60W	SDL
MTBF	Hours	1000	43,000
Power	Watt	60	5
Heating temperature	С°	150	50
Strength	Yes/No	No	Yes

Freedom of choice

There are several options for arranging the low beam. You can put halogena lamp with two filaments H4, where the dipped and main beam are combined. You can set the source with one H7 thread. The third option is LED headlights. In the Chevrolet Niva, each of the listed devices will perform equally well. There is one caveat here - the price of the product.

Halogen bulbs are cheaper. For example, the cost of Osram h7 12v 55w ranges from 230-250 rubles. The declared service life - 1 year. And upon operation, it can work for 8 months and 3 years.

The Philips WV has a 1-year MTBF and costs between RUB 660 and RUB 1300.

For car owners who appreciate unique tuning, they produce stylish Osram h7 xenon lamps with a silver cap and increased brightness by 15%. The cost of the element is one and a half thousand rubles.

Functional cost

Source H7 is available in several versions. A masterpiece of design thought - Philips Luxeon MZ. This is a dipped beam lamp ("Chevrolet Niva"). The price of the product is 6900 rubles. The source is mounted on four diodes that increase the radiation intensity up to 4500 Lm (three times in relation to the xenon indicator). Thanks to the black and white border, the lamp does not blind drivers in the oncoming lane. The base ring is adjustable. With a special key, the ring holder is loosened, and it becomes possible to change the position of the LEDs relative to the vertical, to focus.

To cool the lamp, technology is used to remove excess energy from processors: a heat-conducting pipe plus a heatsink and a fan. The vacuum tube removes heat to the source radiator, which is cooled by a silent bearing fan. As a result, the intensity of the glow of the source is preserved even in the warm season.

In order not to load the on-board network of the Chevrolet Niva, the dipped beam lamp is replaced, taking into account the fact that the installed power in both the halogen and LED lamps is 55 watts. Why this is important: under various loads, nominal power simulators would have to be installed to eliminate errors on the on-board computer. Since the watts are the same, then "trick" is not required.

It is impossible not to note another plus of the LED device. The fact is that it does not affect the headlight reflector. Whereas halogen lamps filled with xenon lead to clouding of the reflector.

General removal rules

A few recommendations for car owners on replacing light sources. The rules work for any type of lamp.

To change defective products, the car owner will need thin filament gloves. Even clean hands leave prints on the flask. Such devices are held only by metal or plastic parts. Stains reduce the brightness and life of the halogen light.

When installing, high pressure gas is pumped into a glass vessel. If the glass is broken, the fragments under pressure will scatter and cause wounds. It is necessary to carefully remove the source from the nest.

Troubleshootinglighting

Situation: the driver is ready, the luggage is stowed, but the Niva Chevrolet car cannot move - the low beam lamp is not on. All other lights are functional. Verification and maintenance operations are required before replacing a failed source.

• Start with the diagnosis of the light button. It is useful to spend time on finalizing this button, soldering an LED into the case. It will immediately be seen whether there is contact or not.
• Continue checking on fuses and relays. Since only one lamp failed, then you can try to swap the near relay "K4" with the far "K5"; if after the manipulation the high beam does not turn on, then the “K4” relay must be replaced.
• Neither on the wires nor on the pads should there be traces of melting and short circuit; thorough wiping of contacts with alcohol is needed;
• Checking the light components; if cracks or soot are found on the bulb, the lamp must be changed.

Checking the wiring of the on-board network is best left to car service professionals. You can replace the light source yourself. First, self-made work builds confidence; secondly, it reduces the cost of money and time; thirdly, there is something to talk about in the morning with colleagues.

In the Chevrolet Niva, the replacement of the low beam lamp begins with the dismantling of the old lamp:

• Remove the protective rubber cover of the headlight.
• Disconnect wire lugs and flashlight leads.
• Press the latch attached to the hooks of the reflector from above, release from the hooks and move away fromlamp.
• Pull out the defective low beam source.
• Pick up a working element and fix it in place.
• Connect the lugs of the wires to the terminals of the lighting device.
• Reinstall the rubber boot.

In closing

Fuel should be saved, and the generator should be saved. Therefore, you should be reasonable in choosing the power of the product.

Buy light sources only with manufacturer's markings. This will guarantee that the actual performance will match the parameters promised on the packaging.