"Roy J. Tellason" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (26 Aug
03  20:01:46)
 --- on the heady topic of "Vehicle LED's"

 MR> but I was thinking of bundling up a few and try them out on my
 MR> bicycle light. It uses about 3 Watts right now (6Vac 0.5A) but if
 MR> I can reduce this by a factor of 10 (6 leds at 50mW each) my legs
 MR> will definitely thank me!

 RJT> I've already seen blinking ones for the rear light on bikes,  but
 RJT> they're not nearly bright enough.
 RJT> I've also seen LED flashlights for sale,  but haven't tried one out
 RJT> yet,  to see how it compares.

What counts is the light intensity and the angle. Say do you remember
off hand how to convert Lumens to milliCandelas (mcd)? Like for example
these Philips 60 watt lamps are rated at 800 lumens...

 Mike
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... Batteries not included.
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