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

Trevor Wilson wrote:
> "Athol" <athol_SPIT_SPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:1209088115.373965@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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.

True, it's simply a matter more of them are needed than a
single filament.

Their response time is superior, they are either on or off and
that happens instantly unlike filament.

I played about with LED lamps in standard tail lights, even bent
the leds on the plug in PCBs at angles - they don't work, I would
not pass them.

HID and LED is all fine - better technology, however lenses and
housings, as Athol mentions, have to match.

Gas discharge lamps are prolly the best.