Russell, William wrote: > I, for one, hate fluorescent lighting and cannot bring myself to install > it in my Vanagon despite any energy savings. Has anyone looked into a > LED solution? Something LED based should be full-spectrum, energy > saving, and non-"strobe" based. Seems like there would be a great LED > solution out there somewhere. I don't know of anything pre-made. I've got some white LEDs I'm tempted to use if I can figure out a good way to mount them. They have an interesting light color, very white with a purplish tinge around the edges. Almost like a xenon arc headlight. They're quite directional, I think the beam angle is about 30 degrees, so no reflector is necessary. The brightness is impressive, similar to what you'd expect from a penlight bulb. One or two of them, aimed properly, would make an excellent reading light.
-- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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