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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3283E0C516D677177E07D7ED Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is a link to a german page describing the basics about building a speleo LED dive light. (I'm sorry but it's in german!!). http://insl1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de/~dh1iar/technik/led.html Mikael Sean wrote: > It's time for me to remove my feet from my mouth, and plant them firmly > in my ears to ask a question: > > What are the merits and risks to using a light composed of an array of LED's > (wired together in parallel) instead of the "standard" incandescent bulbs? > > On first glance it looks like a logical move to make. They are now using > them in my city for stop lights, and the tail lights on busses. Apparently > LED's are more reliable than incandescent bulbs. They use less power, run > cooler(?), and if you should happen to blow one member of the array, the rest > continue to work. > > Besides being unproven in the real world (AFAIK), am I missing something? > > Sean E. > > (I shall now return my feet to their standard oral-position) > > -- > "I remember when we didn't have these fancy-assed Weeeeeeeeeeeb > Browers. When I was I boy, you had to use FTP to get anywhere on > the internet. And half the time they didn't have anonymous ftp, > so you had to hack in to the site. But that was easy then > because everyone's root password was 'admin' anyways. Oy! We > were real men then!" - Me > > Sean Ennis <ennis@es*.ca*> No spam-mail please > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. --------------3283E0C516D677177E07D7ED Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="Mikael.Lundqvist.vcf" Content-Description: Card for Mikael Lundqvist Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Mikael.Lundqvist.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit begin:vcard n:Lundqvist;Mikael tel;cell:+39 0347 2244632 tel;fax:+39 0332 789185 tel;home:+39 0331 974111 tel;work:+39 0332 789446 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Joint Research Centre;ISIS - RIT version:2.1 email;internet:Mikael.Lundqvist@jr*.it* title:Mr adr;quoted-printable:;;Via E. Fermi,1=0D=0ATP 270;Ispra;VA;21020;Italy fn:Mikael Lundqvist end:vcard --------------3283E0C516D677177E07D7ED-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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