LEDs;Ca

[CFritz7001@aol.com]

Hello All, There has been a sudden surge of interest and msgs flying back and forth on how to use / not use them in a TABC car. I understand that the LEDs can put out a lot of light for little power consumption / amps. Is this the LEDs only advantage? Since I don't mind using a good bit of juice for the sake of having bright tail-lights, and extra-powerful bulbs are readily available & cheap, I'm confused by the excitement over LEDs. Can someone please tell me why I should get excited about LEDs? (It seems somehow vaguely out of character for a TC to have such a "new-physics" device intalled, but I don't want to be labeled a curmudgeon.) While I have your attention, I want to mention another variable in this tail-light matter that no-one has brought up thus far . The AREA of the lighted object (as well as its intensity/brightness) has a lot to do with its visibility. (If you'll think back a few years , I'm sure you will remember that many car manufacturers toutied the extra safety given to their products by the HUGE tail-lights they had. The 50s & 60s U.S. Fords are prime examples of this tail-lights-the-size-of-dinnerplates phenomenon!) Regards, Carl Fritz

[Crystal Brenner]

We had always used brighter bulbs...of course that was for one original D lamp on a TB which has a high - low charging switch and a three brush dynamo. It was fine...but it is not a TC so...... Cheers, John and Crystal TB#0398

----- Original Message ----- From: CFritz7001@aol.com> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 2:36 PM Subject: [mg-tabc] LEDs;Ca > Hello All, > There has been a sudden surge of interest and msgs flying back and forth > on how to use / not use them in a TABC car. I understand that the LEDs can > put out a lot of light for little power consumption / amps. > Is this the LEDs only advantage? > Since I don't mind using a good bit of juice for the sake of having > bright tail-lights, and extra-powerful bulbs are readily available & cheap, > I'm confused by the excitement over LEDs. > Can someone please tell me why I should get excited about LEDs? > (It seems somehow vaguely out of character for a TC to have such a > "new-physics" device intalled, but I don't want to be labeled a curmudgeon.) > While I have your attention, I want to mention another variable in this > tail-light matter that no-one has brought up thus far . The AREA of the > lighted object (as well as its intensity/brightness) has a lot to do with > its visibility. > (If you'll think back a few years , I'm sure you will remember that many car > manufacturers toutied the extra safety given to their products by the HUGE > tail-lights they had. The 50s & 60s U.S. Fords are prime examples of this > tail-lights-the-size-of-dinnerplates phenomenon!) > Regards, > Carl Fritz > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >