Heated Lens (De-icing LED Lights)
A heated-lens LED light has a resistive heating element bonded to the lens that melts snow and ice, solving the problem that efficient LEDs, unlike halogens, produce too little waste heat to keep their own lens clear.
Halogen lamps kept themselves clear of snow by accident: about 90 % of their power was waste heat. LEDs are efficient enough that a snow-plow’s forward lights can bury themselves in slush mid-route. A heated lens restores the melting function deliberately.
How it works
A resistive heating element bonded to the lens warms the optical surface. Some designs switch it by lens temperature; ours runs the 15 W element whenever the lamp is on, so there is no thermostat to fail. The machine cannot stop mid-route for the operator to climb down and scrape a lens, so the de-icing runs unattended.
Who needs it
Snow plows, spreaders, municipal fleets and any machine on winter-service duty. Sheltered rear or cab locations often manage without heating; forward-facing lamps take the full snow load and benefit most. See our heated LED lights range, including the combination heated plow headlight.
For the physics behind the problem and a position-by-position decision table, see why LED plow lights ice up and what to specify.
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