Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

[salty@xxxxxxx]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:48:23 -0700, Joe Pfeiffer
<pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>salty@xxxxxxx writes:
>
>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:05 -0700, Joe Pfeiffer
>> <pfeiffer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>This I can readily believe -- but that's absolutely not what the
>>>automotive "replacements" that try to drop a bunch of LEDs in to replace
>>>an 1157 are like.
>>
>> We are not talking about the cheap chinese 1157 replacements.
>>
>> I have a car that came from the factory with LED tail light/brake
>> lights. Trust me, they are a lot more visible from any angle then any
>> incandescent tailight you have ever encountered.
>
>A taillight engineered around an LED array can work at least as well as
>incandescents, with all the longevity and energy savings of LEDs.  I can
>also believe in an LED array engineered to fit behind a particular
>existing lens, which would also work as well, though I've never seen it.
>But this discussion started (when I brought up the topic) with drop-in
>retrofits for auto taillights -- ie cheap Chinese 1157 "replacements".
>
>And those fail for all the reasons that have been quoted enough times in
>this discussion that I snipped them this time.

If you look around a little more thoroughly, you will find drop in
replacements that DO work well.

They exist.