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

"Athol" <athol_SPIT_SPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> In aus.cars Trevor Wilson <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Saab C900 Viggenist" <c900@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
>> **That would depend on the incandescnt and the LED. Howeer, if you want

>> REAL
>> efficiency, dump LEDs and use decent discharge lamps. Those puppies are
>> seriously efficient.
>
> None of these LED assemblies that replace a conventional globe comply
with
> the ADRs, ECE (European) or DOT (USA) regulations.  In all cases, the 
> light
> source is intended to be a filament, the position of which is carefully
> defined within the globe relative to the mounting base.
>
> The lamp assembly is designed around the defined light source, ie light
> emanating from a filament within a carefully defined envelope inside the
> assembly.  Fit something other than the correct model of globe and the 
> lamp
> assembly is assumed to not comply with the relevant regulations unless
the
> modified assembly (ie fitted with LED assembly = modified) is tested to 
> the
> standard again.
>
> Similarly, placing discharge (HID) bulbs into housings intended for 
> halogen
> globes will not comply.  The light source will not be emanating from the
> correct position to be correctly focussed by the reflector and lens.

**None of which I dispute. What I do dispute is the claim that LEDs are 
automatically far more efficient than incandescents.

Trevor Wilson