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According to this current draw is 4.30 Amps at 12 volts which is not low compare to halogen.

Well, yeah, it is. 4.3 Amps times 12 Volts = 51.6 Watts, which is lower than most halogen headlamps. But the lamp you linked has a lens heater grid. The version without the heater is this one, with 1.94A on high beam and 1.67A on low beam -- very low compared to halogen.
 

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Well, yeah, it is. 4.3 Amps times 12 Volts = 51.6 Watts, which is lower than most halogen headlamps. But the lamp you linked has a lens heater grid. The version without the heater is this one, with 1.94A on high beam and 1.67A on low beam -- very low compared to halogen.

Sure, they could have broken down the power consumption by heater on/heater off so it's less confusing, but the upshot is that even with deicing performance greater than that of a halogen lamp (since the lens is heated by conduction rather than by radiant and convective heating with a halogen lamp), it's using less power than a halogen lamp. And when lens heating isn't needed (in most places, 3.5 seasons out of the year), that is an incredible power savings.

And you still get the other performance advantages at lower input voltages that a filament lamp just doesn't have. Similarly, very high system voltages won't be burning out the LED any sooner, either.
 
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