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GOLD DUCK | 08-25-2009 03:47 PM
QWAK,Creative lighting! QWAK, LED lighting is geting incredably CHEEP! :yes: cheep enough to play with here at the DUCK nest any way:wink: just a fiew years ago it cost me $20.00 and shiping for a single LED flash light NOW you can get 60 for under $10.00! :23_30_104: http://www.ebest24.com/en/48-led-por...n&currency=USD http://www.sourcingmap.com/led-porta...r-p-27946.html There is a local salvage place that sells all sorts of stuff and I came across theas 24 LED UFO camping lanterns $4.25 each and bought a fiew took them home and was SO impressed with the amount of light I went back and bought a dozen more! :hahaha::confused_ma::yes: (the lights I got look like the 48 just one less row) They run on 4 AA batteries and put out a lot of light:yes: I am thinking :thinkey: with a simple low voltage wire a whole string of thease things could be hooked up to any 6 volt DC source and I have some REAL COOL and CHEEP LIGHTING.:applause_:23_30_104: The ones I got only have 24 LED lights and I am impressed , the others have WAY more LED lights! :yes::23_30_104: Granted they are CHEEP China Plastic but they do make a lot of light happen!:wink::yes::111::4_1_72: the DUCK :15_1_70v:

RKaz | 08-25-2009 04:43 PM
Re: QWAK,Creative lighting! From the same website you posted these look like they'd be easy to rig up for home (backup) lighting: http://www.ebest24.com/en/24-led-whi...car-light.html http://www.ebest24.com/images/produc...st24bl51em.jpg

GOLD DUCK | 08-25-2009 05:10 PM
Re: QWAK,Creative lighting! QWAK,RKaz,When they first started making LED ithey were very expencive because they used the same tecniques as chips -- as it turned out some IMPURITIES were GOOD :yes::36_1_25: and made them BRITER and colors and much much cheeper to manufacture! :yes::23_30_104: About 20% of the HEAT load in a modern office building with floesent tube lights come from the WAISTED energy of the transformers! :36_1_25::yes: LEDS just make LIGHT no HEAT! :thinkey::yes: Even with just using the AA batteries a fiew of them UFO light would be great in a power failure:yes: I am going to turn on a 24 LED light with 4 new AA batteries and see how many hours it will go giving USABLE light! :thinkey: the DUCK :15_1_70v:

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