LED 'Flow'

[Just Plain Jeff]

Mango shares with us the following (from some other, totally unrelated thread):

Now I'm the first guy to promote a full scale LED attack. However, at the risk of bringing down the ire of my peers, I have to comment on taillight LED's.

Unless your doing what Dale did on his bus (very nice job by the way - your wife must've done the work) by replacing the entire fixture I would not just subsititure LED bulbs for the existing bulbs in the same fixture. Reason being is the new LED bulbs do not provide an even "flow" across the lens fixture. It's more of a concentrated light bead in the center of the lens that from a couple of car lengths behind the coach just doesn't quite look right.

I'm in Jon's Dark Side camp on this one.

Mike

Let the flamin' begin.
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The purpose of this thread, and certainly it will stay on topic, is to better understand the term of 'flow.' Are we talking an aesthetic, thermodynamic or electronic flux capacitance issue here. Before someone launches a frontal attack, we need a better definition of terms here.

How the heck can a guy driving his bus know what it looks like a couple of car lengths behind? Perhaps, instead, this is a commentary on someone else's handy work?

Help me understand, this is all NEWBIE to us at this end.

Creepers, when we hit 40, we won't be able to keep pace with y'all.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

That is what you stand on.

[rmboies]

That is what you stand on.

bahahahaha, only in the south Jon Good one!

[dalej]

Jon, how do you stay sharp as a tac? You must have stuff up there we can only dream of.

[MangoMike]

Obviously we didn't invade some poor defenseless nuclear laden middle Eastern country today as it would explain why Jeff has had a bad day at work.

Let me explain:

First off my comments were not outside the Thread as it has to do with installing rear LED tail lights as done by Dale's wife.

Jon's description of FLOW non withstanding, has to do with the even spread of light across the colored lens. Garyde would equate it with a Spot Bulb vs a FLood Bulb. An LED in your existing tail light assembly will just spot the back the lens, whereas the current bulbs will FLOW with light.

Making absolutely no difference to the individual(s) driving the bus it does bug the anal light sensistive guy following.

mm

[rfoster]

Before Leds

After LEDS:

[MangoMike]

Fast Roger,

As Delicious Debi would say - BAHAHAHAHA.. You make me laugh.

I know as soon as you read my post, you grabbed your digital and headed for the dungeon with Micki in tow to work the brakes. You have way too much free time.

mm

[rfoster]

Mango: Just imagine some of the scenes from the Old Frankenstein Movies, Down in the dungeon with the sparks a flying. I woke him up to get the photos. BTW A1 2Plane, my best friend, Leak Detector in Hand Jon is coming to the Dungeon in the am. Snow is expected, he may have to camp out/in. Full report tommorrow nite at 11
In other news - we have new nominees for the Anal Award.
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[garyde]

In my world, we call that difussion of light reflectance or optical difussion. In laymen's: Beam spread or light reflectance. Now that we have that cleared up, we need to be more careful on what we post, I can just see Roger just waiting for the next Post, Camera , etc. ready.

[MangoMike]

Ok Gary, let's get you on the ledge.

Which provides better light reflectance in the Prevost tail light housing. A LED bulb or the traditional incadescent.

MM