LED's

librarianliam · #1 03-16-2007, 10:30 PM

Bart or anybody else... can you tell me what the MCD intensity means...

imnotmikal · #2 03-16-2007, 10:32 PM

im not that sure, but i think its the brightness

BART · #3 03-16-2007, 10:37 PM

yes it is the brightness. MCD means millicandella, and candella is a measure of lights intensity. I dont know the math on this one but the higher the mcd the brighter the light basically.

librarianliam · #4 03-16-2007, 10:47 PM

hey i found this website what do you think... http://www.superbrightleds.com/leds.htm
and could you use ultraviolet??? would it help at all

BART · #5 03-16-2007, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by librarianliam

hey i found this website what do you think... http://www.superbrightleds.com/leds.htm
and could you use ultraviolet??? would it help at all

nice site...but uv is like a blacklight right? Only shows up against fluorescents?

librarianliam · #6 03-16-2007, 10:57 PM

uv is like black light... and does the viewing angle matter?

BART · #7 03-16-2007, 10:59 PM

I dont know much about the viewing angle (although i assume some led's are meant for broad range and some are focused like a spotlight)

librarianliam · #8 03-16-2007, 11:03 PM

30 degrees isn't too small but i think those led's would be bright enough and they are really cheap... $.87 each

BART · #9 03-16-2007, 11:05 PM

30 degrees is like a floodlight, not sure what you want them for but they would make pretty good headlights i think. I imagine that the lower the degree the more intense the beam.

librarianliam · #10 03-16-2007, 11:08 PM

i want to make a custom light bar for my hummer... and just to help people out on the forum who need LED's...

BART · #11 03-16-2007, 11:11 PM

do some more research and put something together (in your words...i like that) and I'll stick it to the top.

librarianliam · #12 03-16-2007, 11:16 PM

if you mounted an LED with a 90 degree viewing angle would that go across the whole front of the car... im kinda confused on the viewing angles once mounted...

BART · #13 03-16-2007, 11:20 PM

I think it means the optimal angle in which the light would be projected. so a 90 would spread light off of both sides and the front equally instead of concentrating it out the front as a 30 or less would do. I am just assuming here so dont take my word for it.

Galkinater · #14 03-16-2007, 11:21 PM

$.87 is not cheap i should know my brother is the owner of Auto X Systems a digital lighting co.http://www.com/ so i get all of my leds and electronics for free. he gets then really cheap.

BART · #15 03-16-2007, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Galkinater

$.87 is not cheap i should know my brother is the owner of Auto X Systems a digital lighting co.http://www.autoxsystems.com/ so i get all of my leds and electronics for free. he gets then really cheap.

well your brother is not our brother so we dont get them for free

librarianliam · #16 03-16-2007, 11:24 PM

free is cheaper than anything...but $.87 is better than 4 or 5 on ebay or radioshack

Galkinater · #17 03-16-2007, 11:26 PM

yeah but $.87 is still to much. you could get them cheaper on ebay

BART · #18 03-16-2007, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Galkinater

yeah but $.87 is still to much. you could get them cheaper on ebay

show me led's SHIPPED to your house cheaper. (not in bulk)

librarianliam · #19 03-16-2007, 11:33 PM

i couldnt tell if they had free shipping or not.... they were kinda vague on that...

BART · #20 03-16-2007, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by librarianliam

i couldnt tell if they had free shipping or not.... they were kinda vague on that...

minimum 5 bucks shipping...the point was that you probably couldnt find them cheaper on ebay unless you bought in bulk.

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