
neon doesn't really fit does it? how about rows of edge lights like these cabinet pulls? you could drill holes if you really needed side light projection, but down lights would still be cool.
Elorrum wrote:
neon doesn't really fit does it? how about rows of edge lights like these cabinet pulls? you could drill holes if you really needed side light projection, but down lights would still be cool.
LeChatNoir wrote:Carbide looking lamps with 32 bulb LED lamps is what I'm thinking currently for headlamps.
So Elliot gets the credit for getting this one started!
oscillator wrote:Heh! That transmission reminds of the old Vespa gearboxes.LeChatNoir wrote:Carbide looking lamps with 32 bulb LED lamps is what I'm thinking currently for headlamps.
That seems like a lot of soldering. Have you considered a Cree or Luxeon Star LED? They come in warm white versions.
Elliot wrote::DSo Elliot gets the credit for getting this one started!
Geeee, thanks! I didn't even remember posting those pix before. And I'm sure it was a team effort. I vaguely remember now -- we somehow got into discussing British "cycle cars". Anyroad, the Interweb is serving a useful purpose here!
And I agree that LEDs tend to shine light in just one direction. I've tried three different brands of LED turn signals on my bus, and they are all difficult to see from a bit of an angle. Seems to me, the LEDs need to be mounted in a fan pattern. Or do those glass prism lenses solve the problem? Glass lenses with lots of tiny prisms were standard automotive equipment in the old days, and really worked!
LeChatNoir, please tell us more about that one-lung diesel. I doubt I can afford one, but I cannot seem to find a cheap "thumper" motorcycle gasoline engine either.
LeChatNoir wrote:I've looked at several different approaches, but have not looked into the Cree LEDs. Here's a pic of the one I'm currently thinking of, simply because I can avoid soldering all together and jsut wire it in. These are for the headlamps only, so around $20 each X 2 isn’t so bad to just be done with it.
I was incorrect earlier. It's 30 LEDs and I posted the link to the 32 LED unit by mistake. This one is actually the one I have bookmarked. It's recessed and I like the looks of it better incase I can't put a lens over it.
Gotta run at the moment…
Captain Goddammit wrote:But no one is talking about cost! If all you want is a pair of headlamps, no big deal. If you want to do total make-DMV-happy vehicle illumination, lumens per dollar isn't an LED strong point.
Captain Goddammit wrote:But no one is talking about cost! If all you want is a pair of headlamps, no big deal. If you want to do total make-DMV-happy vehicle illumination, lumens per dollar isn't an LED strong point.
LeChatNoir wrote:Now show me an LED like one of those Cree bulbs mounted to it’s little circuit board-heat sink and I’d likely stare at it and wonder what I’m supposed to do next.
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