Re: Does the BF falcon have LED tail-lights??

qmod <qmod@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

>Saab C900 Viggenist wrote:
>> the_dawggie <the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>> 
>>> David Z wrote:
>>>> Was behind a Falcon today and noticed the tail-lights had an
interesting 
>>>> pattern.  Instead of a bulb or bulbs, there were lots and lots of
little 
>>>> bright dots arranged in a circular pattern (picture rings around a 
>>>> planet to get an idea).  Although the BA/BF "shape" has been around 
>>>> since '02, I've never really noticed it until now.  Are these
actually 
>>>> LED tail-lights and if so, were they a recent addition or have they 
>>>> always been there?  I think it was a base XT model too.
>> 
>>> All sorts of aftermarket products are available ...
>> 
>> And LED replacement lights are really good for reducing energy usage
(which
>> means less current draw in wiring, etc.), and there are numerous ways
to
>> arrange the light output from an array of LED's to make them give the
same
>> or better distribution/spread/whatever compared to using
grossly-inefficient
>> filament lamps.
>> 
>> Just be careful using no-name cheapy Asian LED lights unless they're
>> fully-tested first - I've had some do bad things. In one case a
>> 'festoon-style' 9-LED lamp caught fire when the electronics on the tiny
PCB
>> in the lamp body overloaded. It was in a number plate light on the back
of
>> the car fortunately and I didn't know until the next night when I
noticed
>> the light had stopped working. You can see pics of this on my LED
lighting
>> project page at:
>> 
>> http://lios.apana.org.au/~c900/relighting.html
>> 
>> But other than that, pretty much all the experiences with LED lighting
in my
>> cars has been positive. Modern vehicles are starting to appear more and
more
>> with LED lighting as standard so that's a good thing since it helps to
>> offset all the extra electrical load resulting from the additional
gadgets
>> and engine control devices.
>> 
>> Craig.
>I found the type of LED's you show on your page for tail lights to be 
>not really adequate. all the LED's are all pointing in the one 
>direction, If the LED's are pointing to the rear then no light is 
>actually hitting the reflectors in the mounting, All you see from the 
>rear of the car is only the direct light from the LED itself.
>There are other globes now made the have in addition to the normally 
>oriented LED's they have 3 or 4 rows mounted radially, allowing more 
>light to be reflected and spread over the whole assembly.

They're the ones I use now for tail lights and front corner/indicator
lights, for exactly the reason you stated. The early designs didn't have
additional boards under the main one with LED's pointing out radially from
the sides. There are a bunch of new designs out there now which have all
the
LEDs in the array set up pointing out radially but I haven't tried any of
them out as yet.

Craig.
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