[FC] LED taillights

[Kent Sullivan]

I like LEDs in general but have noticed that being right behind one of our
city buses gives me a slight headache, especially if the turn signal (which
is also LED) is flashing. Perhaps this is because the on/off "snap" is so
sudden and the difference is so dramatic (very bright to no brightness) and
because the amount of area flashing is large. Not sure.

Has anyone else noticed this?

--Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:corvanatics-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Merv Krull
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:14 PM
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Subject: Re: [FC] LED taillights

I concur. Even without the lens in place, the led seemed dimmer than the
1157 with lens.
I anxiously await the day though, when we can all start replacing our
household flourescent and incandescent and halogen bulbs to led equivalents.

Sony has an experimental 200 watt equivalent that requires only 1 or 2 watts
of power and produces almost no heat.
I also noticed three or four traffic control lights where some of the leds
have died after only a bit over a year of use.
toodles
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wells" <brierpath at yahoo.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:01 PM
Subject: [FC] LED taillights


> Hey folks,
>
>  Has anybody tried out any of the LED bulb replacements for the 1157s used

> in our trucks?
>  I tried some from superbrightleds.com and they are not as bright as the 
> 1157 standard bulbs.
>  I had my wife stand back there while I cycled all the rear light 
> functions and then asked her which side looked better. She chose the 1157s

> as I did. The LED units turn on quicker,  but are not as bright. These 
> were red ,24 LED units, wide angle.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Bill Wells
>
>
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