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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