LED upgrade
I took the plunge and updated several of my incandescent bulbs to LEDs. I didn't do anything with my fluorescent fixtures because they are quite efficient already. I purchased 14 of the circuit board ...
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Kountryguy wrote:
You might take a look at these.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310782651459&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:3160
Have you used these? How much current do they draw?
I looked at the data sheet for the 3650 LED and it shows the typical light output is 34 lumins at 100ma. That is some serious light and current for 36-3650 lights. Also some serious heat (43 watts). 1224 lumins at 3.6 Amps. A 60 watt incandescent bulb is 880 lumins.
Surely they don't run these panels at this kind of current.
Edit: Having rethought this, they probably put 3 LEDs in series so the panel current would be 1/3 of what I said above. That makes it 1.2A and 14.3 watts. Better but still way high, close to the power of an 1141 bulb, but much brighter.
