What is Xenon Technology?
The Xenon Bulb that comes with the kit is a micro-discharge bulb filled with a mixture of noble gases including Xenon. Unlike halogen bulbs, xenon bulbs have no filaments. Xenon lighting is based upon the gas discharge principle, where an arc of light is created between two electrodes in a specially designed inner glass tube filled with metal salts and inert gases. When current is passed through the glass tube, which has the electrodes sealed into each end of it, the gas gets hot and the metals produce the light once they are heated to a point of evaporation. While neon emits red light and mercury emits blue light, the light produced by the xenon gas used in HID headlights is not in fact BLUE but virtually WHITE in color. The light only appears blue when compared to the warmer yellowier light produced by halogen lighting systems. Unless the inner glass tube of the xenon bulb is tinted, the heat of the gas inside determines the color of the light. This spectrum of illumination is depict
