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| ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
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 Enlux is the first company to release LED-based lightbulb replacements for your household halogen and incandescents. They claim their white bulb alternatives are twice as energy efficient (colored bulbs more than ten times as efficient) with estimated lifetimes of around 50,000 hours of operation. That's more than five years continuously lit, and even then they won't just burn out like incandescents, although their output is likely to taper off after many years of usage. And of course, LEDs operate at a much lower temperature than current household lighting methods, reducing the fire hazard associated with halogen and even incandescent bulbs—how many times have you seen that warning tag stating that there is a risk of fire if you use bulbs over 25 watts? How many times did you put that 100-watter in there anyway cause it's the only good bulb you could find? Enlux LED From one of the geek sites - no promotion implied | ||
| Derek (Derek_l)
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If that's a standard screw type, that bulb looks huge.. and why the heat sink... | ||
| Busone Rating: N/A |
Looks awsome but I will wait until the $79.00 price tag drops. | ||
| Stephen Fessenden (Sffess)
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There are others for a lot less. Just keep searching until you find what you need or build your own. | ||
| Tim Strommen (Tim_strommen)
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Hmmm, I've had LED replacements for my incandecents for over two years, made at www.ledtronics.com. It would seem however that (judging by the power input to light output ratio) they are using LUXEON LEDs by LumiLeds (Agilent Technologies spin-off in San Jose,CA) One can aquire these component LEDs at www.futureelectronics.com. These new 1 and 5 watt LEDs (no that is not a typo) are about $10 each and are poised to replace several markets worth of other light sources (ie. LCD backlights, flaslights, imaging, etc.) Trucklite relased a one-LED model 60 (red) STT lamp about a year ago, so these have been around a while (I even have amber LUXEONs in my Toyota's taillights) Making these work in a Conversion is not too difficult, and I plan to use some of the "Warm White" LEDs as accent lights in the bunks of my Conversion. While picking another type of LED may be cheaper, well as the old addage goes, "You get what you pay for." and I'll be the first to tell you, at these light output levels (~30 or more Lumens per lightsouce) these definately require some form of eye protection and a heck of a heat sink. These are like a 1 or 5 watt LASER at whatever wavelength you pick. I'm probbably boring everyone now so I'm going to stop yacking now. Tim |