Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apparently you don't understand the scale used for illumination by your
silly comment used to attempt to disguise it. I will assume the rest is
bullshit then too, for now.


<salty@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:36:32 -0500, "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Not according to testing labs that have made lumen mesurements. Are you
>>including the inverters or other lossy type gadgets to accomodate
>>different
>>types of bulbs?
>
> No inverters or "lossy gadgets" involved, other than what is built
> into the base of the lamps. The draw measured includes any and all
> parts of the assembly.
>
>>Have you actually measured the "equivalent" light output or
>>does it just look about the same?
>
> Measured. Nav lights have to meet strict legal requirements and be
> certified.
>
>>Brilliance is a logarithmic scale and can
>>be very deceiving to the human eye.
>>
>
> You really can't stand being wrong, can you?
>
>>Trouble with the lab measurements is they are not usually dated when
>>completed and the technology advances quite rapidly.
>>
>
> Sorry that you have such a hard time with reality.
>
>
>
>><salty@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:likdg5pklad59j26qbi1svn422oak0tlrd@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:09 -0500, "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>LEDs are still reported to only be slightly more efficient than
>>>>incandescent
>>>>bulbs.
>>>
>>> Say WHAT?
>>>
>>> I have replaced all of the incandescent lamps on my sailboat ,
>>> including the navigation lights. The LED's use 1/10th the power for
>>> the same amount of light. That's not a random number - a typical light
>>> that drew 2 amps gets replaced by an LED that is a little brighter and
>>> draws slightly less than .2 amps.
>>>
>>> On a cruising sailboat, you have to keep careful track of your
>>> electrical budget.
>>>
>>