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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:39 AM Original message |
Here's a real breakhrough on LED lighting technology |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Uh...with a bridge rectifier, this one converts AC to DC too. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Will this lower operating lifetime? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't know. If it's just a simple four-diode bridge, |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Most of the LED's I've known in my life flicker (largely) imperceptably |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's true. You're probably right. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That's because the display segments are not all driven simultaneously. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I suppose the fan would work too |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. The CRI of 85 still sucks for lighting, but... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Last time I looked I decided it was a tangled mess of patent issues. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-09-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. First one I looked at had a CRI of 70, about... |
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