The State Of Lighting Today

SidewindR

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Hi,
I'm Eric Gieseke
First time user here
Am completly impressed with the amazing information it is literly a candy store for my mind

my question
:
What is the state of lighting today
that is, after reading alot on LEDs, actually working with them and reading a little bit of this forum all night heh , i'd like to know this
: IS LED the ultimate light source today?
I've been designing home lighting systems for around 4 years here in Austin.Texas USA
and have done my house to about 40 percent all LED of various colours powered by solar panels,
i get about 50 watts total usage @ 12volts dc
with all 400 or so LEds working at once, mostly whites greens and blues with some reds oranges ect
it is like a starship inside my house at night, my wife thinks it's nuts but i love the light
anyhow just wanted to say hi
and thank you for making this wonderfull site
i've allready purchased a couple LED products tonight just from reading some of your posts
eric
 
Welcome aboard!
Seems like Darell is going to have to talk to you... He's away right now, but eco-energy is right up his alley... Hold on for a while, he'll be back...(nothing anyone can do about that...)

I'm sure you'll find a lot of people you can relate to.

Enjoy!
 
HI Bart,
thank you
and thank you for the welcome,
nice spectrum
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Howdy,
i just came across something that MIGHT
be interesting to some
if you allready know this here it is again
http://www.globalsources.com
FOr free samples of LEDs,
heh..
tried it allready and got some responces,
now if they sent the 1000 samples that will be fun
 
Hi Black
Bart i went through and registered my business
then did a search for 'LED
' on the front page logged in and pressed sample request on each company (China Asia)
that i could find it's got a good interface once you register and pretty much all you do is punch in your quantity and description of what you want, i just say i need LEDs for my projects and could you send a thousand for evaluation samples
 
SidewindR -
So, what kind of a business do you run/own? Is it related to LED's? So, how many companies did you get samples from? How many samples from each company? How are the quality of the LED's?

This sounds intriguing since I just bought some LED's and wish I could have sampled them first since I'm not too happy with the color of the turquoise ones.
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Welcome Eric.

If you can post a pic of the LED lighting you've setup in your home, I'm sure many of us would be interested in seeing it.

Love your signature quote. The 5th Element is one of my favorite movies.
 
Forgot to address your question...

IS LED the ultimate light source today?
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Based on the little I know, I'd say no. CCF (Cold Cathode Flourescent) is generally a more efficient light source.
 
HI,
BlackBart
:
German
but people prouncounce it a billion ways heh
:
ChrisM
: No samples yet just good responces to my request for them samples that sight i mentioned has quiet a bit of variety and they tell me it's takes weeks to get them so patience is key and i guess saying the right things ie making sure you mention you want LOTS of them someday and specific specifications as well, hah so i haven't actually gotten them yet it's all pretty new to me!
www.globalsources.com

And as for my company Sidewinder Productions,
I mainly sell computers laptops Toys at that online
but locally i've been installing LED lighting systems for 4 years in projects for Parks, Solar system (5 watt marine type) weather stuff for boats and for a few homes here in Austin and a couple clubs (dance 10 Watts worth giving alot of ambience to a club solar powered of course
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)

There is so much i have to learn tho as i try to expermiment on my own house, currently i run 450+ lights or so both indoors and outdoors,
I use to have a few hundred on my roof here spelling my website, then i got a call from the airport people saying basically what is that the pilots noticed it (nearly directly under the flightpath incomming 10miles out) it was in red white and blue WWW.2BADSHEEP.COM!
they didn't tell me to take them down but my wife did she thought the LEDs would get too hot hah
i think i have a strip of reds up there now but anyways i will try and get some pictures done tonight with my cam or maybe a movie too and post it on here if it's ok?? not sure how to post all that
RonM
: It is my second favorite movie after COntact,
and maybe SIGNS heh
CCF . hmmm that's a new one
we have nearly all (other than LEDs as CFS lights which i use to pay $20 or more now around $1.75-$4.00 each and they are i guess the best deal for the money
 
Bart. The link did not work for me also. Try small caps and take out the ! from the URL.
Crap, still did not open but at least I don't get the dread 404
 
Netscape challenged. Figgers
I like Dark City. The she/male in The 5th Element ruined an otherwise great film.
 
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