Does the OEM LED lights get hot enough to melt snow?

[rharr]

This just occurred to me, a desert rat. The other day i drove a rental sedan with LED lights into a snow storm and was disappointed that the lights would get snowed over, where in the old days the halogen head lamps were hot enough to keep build up at bay.

I haven't had the pleasure of taking the JT into a snow storm yet and was looking to see what folks further north have experienced. So i can plan accordingly if in a snow storm.

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[Wheelin98TJ]

They do not.

Last time I was in the UP, I was cleaning off the headlights at times.

 

[ZoMojave]

Nope.

 

[Camaroboi13]

Quite the opposite actually, they do not get hot at all so every once in a while you've got to get out and remove the snow that covers them.

 

[Labswine]

I do recall seeing some LED headlight assemblies that have heating coils in the lenses so that they can melt any snow.

I do not have these but I do recall seeing them somewhere...maybe Amazon?

 

[sharpsicle]

I do recall seeing some LED headlight assemblies that have heating coils in the lenses so that they can melt any snow.

I do not have these but I do recall seeing them somewhere...maybe Amazon?

Oracle made these specifically for this issue:
https://www.oraclelights.com/collec...or-jt-heated-lens?_pos=1&_sid=80cf564d1&_ss=r

 

[Gvsukids]

I do not have these but I do recall seeing them somewhere...maybe Amazon?

https://www.quadratec.com/p/quadratec/premium-heated-led-projector-beam-headlights-jeep-wrangler-jl

 

[toddarama]

so you can get a washer for the front trail cam, maybe there will be a headlight wiper option soon?

 

[ShadowsPapa]

This just occurred to me, a desert rat. The other day i drove a rental sedan with LED lights into a snow storm and was disappointed that the lights would get snowed over, where in the old days the halogen head lamps were hot enough to keep build up at bay.

I haven't had the pleasure of taking the JT into a snow storm yet and was looking to see what folks further north have experienced. So i can plan accordingly if in a snow storm.

Like everyone has said - no.
LEDs themselves don't get hot - none do. The supporting electronics do, but those are in the back.
Since noting glows in an LED, it's not a resistance through which a current is passed to generate a glow via the hot wire inside, there's no heat up front.

I'm not so sure that the supporting electronics on the back side get all that hot......... I know the LED lights in my shop measure in at over 200 degrees on the heat sinks on the top.

I've had trouble with mine off and on, but not recently.
Even my Chevy halogens sat far enough back in the housing they'd ice over.

 

[HankB]

The led headlights on the wife’s SQ5 and my P4S have some kind of heat source and will keep the snow from accumulating. The Glad: nope, nada, zip, nothing. That is kind of ironic because Glad was supposed to be my winter alternative transportation.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

The led headlights on the wife’s SQ5 and my P4S have some kind of heat source and will keep the snow from accumulating. The Glad: nope, nada, zip, nothing. That is kind of ironic because Glad was supposed to be my winter alternative transportation.

Part of the issue is that they are shaped like a funnel - snow can't slide off and out easily. Other lights are more "formed" and external, sloped so snow isn't caught like shrimp in a net.

 

[HankB]

Part of the issue is that they are shaped like a funnel - snow can't slide off and out easily. Other lights are more "formed" and external, sloped so snow isn't caught like shrimp in a net.

And it also looks the the airflow goes through into the inner area under the hood. Probably working on the notion that any reduction in air pressure is positive. Driving in snow and icing headlights was one of the things that initially held back the implementation of led technology in the trucking industry.

 

[npgeorgeuw]

Nope, they are useless after a few miles of sticky snow. My fog lamps and off-road lamps are hot enough if I remember to uncap them otherwise my indoor light bar helps but does scatter light a bit from being up so high and snow…

 

[teamblkdog]

Halogens also don't get hot enough to melt snow .

 

[willhonkforparts]

I do recall seeing some LED headlight assemblies that have heating coils in the lenses so that they can melt any snow.



I do not have these but I do recall seeing them somewhere...maybe Amazon?

Truck Lite offers a LED headlight with a heating element.

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