Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

salty wrote:
>
> ... The simple answer is that most LED replacements
> for incandesent bulbs in almost ANY application other
> than indicator lights on a panel,  are accomplished by
> use of arrays of LED's, not a single LED.

Therein lies the problem.  Lamp housings using reflectors or prismatic lenses
for nav lights and other purposes are designed to use a light coming from a
single point.  Incandescent bulbs do that rather well.  An LED array can't work
as well in that type of lamp because only a few of the LEDs are at the focal
point.  Light emitted from the rest of the LEDs will be scattered in wrong
directions.

That does not mean that LEDs can't serve well in nav lights -- only that they
don't work well as replacements for standard bulbs in *existing* lamps.  If
someone designs a lamp around light coming from the broad surface of an LED
array it may turn out to be a better choice for sailboats.  Sailing is in that
respect analogous to living "off the grid."  Folks interested in learning ways
to conserve energy might learn a lot from folks who sail.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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