Next message: Ken James: "Re: lv-ab: DIY LED light"
>> What is the motivation to create one's own diy leds? At the
>> 20 dollar mark I cant see a huge savings in making one's own bulbs.
I would love to find a suitable bulb for my two battery powered anchor
lights. These are the type that have the big 6v battery w/two screw-cap
terminals. One is made by Guest, the other I forget who made. Pretty
much identical except for the type of lamp base (one screw, one single
pole).
If I could replace the tungsten bulbs with LED's these anchor lights
would run near forever on those big batteries. Alternatively, I could
replace the big 6v battery with 8 AA's and get 12v that way, if it made
a difference.
But all the small LED's I have seen are forward facing, and good only
for flashlights. I need light that has a full 360 plane of light. Don't
need much vertical arc, maybe 30-45 degs sufficient as the lens would do
the bending.
Anyone seen anything like this anywhere?
Stephan
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