Seen in the freezers in Sainsbury's today - strips of LEDs in a clear acrylic housing strip. The cold light was is ideally suited to the inside of a freezer - and no heat given off.
Would make decent under cabinet lights in a kitchen I felt.
In message , John writes
Speaking of which....
We had a visitor who lives for retail therapy. For years I have been meaning to avoid the annoyance of blown filaments on Christmas lights by going to LED.
So out they went to trawl round the garden centres etc. Came back very subdued. Apparently strings of LED lights were considered too bright to possibly go on our tree so we have yet another string of filament lamps. grrrr.
regards
Sometimes filiment lights seem too bright so I put a diode in the live lead enclosed in the 13A plug. Apart from dimming them, they are significantly under-run and last year after year.
But can you remember where you stored them after Xmas - and why aren't you supporting the Chinese and their shipping industry by buying new ones each year?
I once saw a very old set that had apparently seen hard times, and had several bulbholders missing, meaning the whole thing ran well above voltage. Bulbs didnt last too well.
NT
LEDs do give off heat. Of course the dimmer ones not so much. And all better than tungsten.
=A0 London SW
Efficiency of LEDs rises substantially with lower temperature , unlike fluro or tungsten, make fridge lighting an ideal app.
Adam
In message , John writes
Finding them is not my responsibility.
There seem to have been changes since the original sets were bought (for my daughter's wedding) as replacement bulbs of the correct voltage do not match the fittings.
regards
On e Xmas I found two sets of lights with the same fittings. Neither set was working so I started taking bulbs from one and trying them in the other. I got through several before I noticed one set had 20 bulbs and the other had 40. I'd been trying 6V bulbs in the 12V set. I HATE these things!
I then saw a cheap set of LED Xmas lights when on holiday. I didn't check them at the time but when I got home they were all RED LEDs. Sod all use use to anyone! (and I couldn't take them back)
Hence the old proverb of "look before you leap". I should have it printed on my wallet.
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