MacTech
Enlightened
One of my part-time co-workers saw me unpacking some LED's i got from a trade with Nikon, and he had some questions....
"those are LED's, right?"
yes
"My car has LED's in it's third brake light, they never burn out do they?"
well, depends on how much voltage you push through them, they're generally reliable, but they can burn out if they're over-volted
"so, what makes LED's better then?"
durability, mainly, filament based incandescent bulbs can burn out if dropped or abused, however, LED's are more rugged, try doing *this* with a filament based light....
I grab my Fenix E0 off my keyring, twist it on, and toss it in the air, about 10 feet up, and let it freefall to my linoleum floor, it impacts and skitters off into the corner, still lit up.....
My Co-Worker's eyes got as big as saucers, but i wasn't done yet....
heck, i can even do *this*...
i throw the light at the floor, it hits, bounces and skitters away, still lit...
Co-worker's jaw hits the floor
i hand him the light, he looks at it in awe
"That's *amazing*, this thing can take some serious abuse"
meh, that's nothing, that's just a normal, mundane 5mm LED light, but try doing either of those things to an incandescent bulbed light and you'd probably be replacing the bulb
.....at some point, i'll show him my modified SureFire E1L-SR, that oughta' blow his mind.....
(no, i won't torture-test it like the Fenix, even though i'm sure it could handle it.....)
"those are LED's, right?"
yes
"My car has LED's in it's third brake light, they never burn out do they?"
well, depends on how much voltage you push through them, they're generally reliable, but they can burn out if they're over-volted
"so, what makes LED's better then?"
durability, mainly, filament based incandescent bulbs can burn out if dropped or abused, however, LED's are more rugged, try doing *this* with a filament based light....
I grab my Fenix E0 off my keyring, twist it on, and toss it in the air, about 10 feet up, and let it freefall to my linoleum floor, it impacts and skitters off into the corner, still lit up.....
My Co-Worker's eyes got as big as saucers, but i wasn't done yet....
heck, i can even do *this*...
i throw the light at the floor, it hits, bounces and skitters away, still lit...
Co-worker's jaw hits the floor
i hand him the light, he looks at it in awe
"That's *amazing*, this thing can take some serious abuse"
meh, that's nothing, that's just a normal, mundane 5mm LED light, but try doing either of those things to an incandescent bulbed light and you'd probably be replacing the bulb
.....at some point, i'll show him my modified SureFire E1L-SR, that oughta' blow his mind.....
(no, i won't torture-test it like the Fenix, even though i'm sure it could handle it.....)