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

Athol <athol_SPIT_SPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In aus.cars Trevor Wilson <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>> **None of which I dispute. What I do dispute is the claim that LEDs are

>> automatically far more efficient than incandescents.

>A absolutely agree with you.  Unless you're able to get the electronics
>right to power the LEDs without wasting a large amount of electricity in
>order to get the small amount actually needed for the LEDs, there's
>going to be little or no gain.

Abso-bloody-lutely.

There's too much focus on "efficiency", when in the big picture, the
difference in total energy consumed is tiny in comparison with
making and moving a modern car around.

>But given that the type of devices being discussed are intended to be
>replacements for incandescent globes, the only light in a vehicle newer
>than October 1991 in Australia that can be legally converted is the
>interior light.  :-)

Crikey. My (August) 1990 Golf GTI was first complianced in November 1991.
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