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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:15:47 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


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Less than half the draw on the house battery.


Thanks.

I take it this is not a cost effective thing for the casual night boater
to do, unless a brighter light and more visibility is wanted.


Brighter, they are, and that's not a bad thing. They also have a long
life
when compared to a regular bulb. It would take a while to recover the
initial cost compared to the cost of replacement bulbs however.

Eisboch


When you are using a bunch of LEDs on a circuit you get every extra
one in series for free. Why waste power through 6 resistors. At least
go 3 and 3 starting with a resistor in the 100 ohm range. I bet they
will drop more than 2v each so you probably can't do six in series.
Even if they light you still want some resistance in there.

There are replacement LED lights that plug into the standard socket. May
have to do a google search for them.