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Old 09-09-2008   #8 (permalink)
Alizard
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Originally Posted by sac600r View Post
Thats a interesting bulb, is that a single LED in the middle of it?
Yes, but it's very powerful and able to be run at very high intensity because it's mounted on the aluminum heatsink piece that screws into the socket. Those things are BLINDING bright, I absolutely caution not to have the battery connected while you install them. If it lights up on you, there will be spots in your eyes for a good while.

The ones using multiple single LEDs have a heat dissipation problem when they try to get bright enough because they don't have an effective heatsink.

I have the 3W Luxeons in my brake lights and my work buddies were behind me and asked what kind of lights were in it because they were startled by the brightness.

Last edited by Alizard : 09-09-2008 at 01:58 AM.
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