mrmonteith
New Member
Guess mine is more on the implementation side. I always loved playing with LEDs and man they are so much more powerful now. I got a 1W white LED off the internet to play with. The first time I hooked it up with a resistor and battery I saw spots. I was going to build a circuit so I could hook it up and let it run for a while and see if I like the lighting and the power. But then my wife complained about the led nightlights we bought at wally world. You couldn't see to make it in the bathroom much less anything else. I took it apart and looked at the circuit. Whatta you know, works for what I wanted. So I swapped out the 1W led for the original. It's pretty bright. I'm sure it's not using the full potential of the 1w led but plenty to see by, practically no heat whatsoever, doesn't drive the led so hard it shortens it's life, and made a good test bed. It's been going for about 3 months now.
Now I'm thinking of spending the extra and going for like a 10W led which should be equivalent to a 40W light bulb. I better make sure to look away when I hook that baby up. I thought about taking an incadesent bulb fixture apart and using the glass part to diffuse the light. Basically look like an incadescent bulb with a led inside. Might as well do something with tons of those useless things around.
Michael
Now I'm thinking of spending the extra and going for like a 10W led which should be equivalent to a 40W light bulb. I better make sure to look away when I hook that baby up. I thought about taking an incadesent bulb fixture apart and using the glass part to diffuse the light. Basically look like an incadescent bulb with a led inside. Might as well do something with tons of those useless things around.
Michael