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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:29:21 -0800 (PST), John H
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On Dec 26, 11:08*am, "mmc" wrote:
What's the tally? Sounds like Steve B did alright with his gift certificate,
how about the rest of you boaters?
I got new socks that I can wear on the boat....

Got a new sheepskin pad for the motorcycle, so I'll be comfortable if
I decide to ride the bike to the boat. Oh, and a new pocketknife
that'll work for almost anything on the boat.

Glad to hear about your socks!

Got a pack of 2 LED flashlights. One red, one blue.
That way you can them apart.
They use 3 AAA batteries, nestled sideways in a plastic harness
inside.
Bright, but LED light looks a bit strange.
Nice size, about 4 inches long, a little over an inch wide.
Lanyard equipped, a rubber push button on top for on/off.
Looking forward to using them.
Hoping for a power failure in fact.

--Vic

LED is weird light. I have a couple of head lamps for fishing that have
9 separate bulbs, that one is bright enough to see your line at night.
For camping, I have a crank type LED with 8 bulbs, I love it. Aside from
the whirring noise bothering some campers here and there, it never needs
batteries, used it all season and never had to worry about it.

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:42:33 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:



LED is weird light. I have a couple of head lamps for fishing that have
9 separate bulbs, that one is bright enough to see your line at night.
For camping, I have a crank type LED with 8 bulbs, I love it. Aside from
the whirring noise bothering some campers here and there, it never needs
batteries, used it all season and never had to worry about it.

I got a feeling everybody will get used to them, and we'll end up with
them lighting our houses when production costs come down.
I've heard they're real efficient.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:42:33 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:


LED is weird light. I have a couple of head lamps for fishing that have
9 separate bulbs, that one is bright enough to see your line at night.
For camping, I have a crank type LED with 8 bulbs, I love it. Aside from
the whirring noise bothering some campers here and there, it never needs
batteries, used it all season and never had to worry about it.

I got a feeling everybody will get used to them, and we'll end up with
them lighting our houses when production costs come down.
I've heard they're real efficient.

--Vic

There's nothing "weird" about LED light. It makes for great nightlights,
and staircase lights.

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:52:24 -0500, Harry
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:42:33 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:


LED is weird light. I have a couple of head lamps for fishing that have
9 separate bulbs, that one is bright enough to see your line at night.
For camping, I have a crank type LED with 8 bulbs, I love it. Aside from
the whirring noise bothering some campers here and there, it never needs
batteries, used it all season and never had to worry about it.

I got a feeling everybody will get used to them, and we'll end up with
them lighting our houses when production costs come down.
I've heard they're real efficient.

--Vic

There's nothing "weird" about LED light. It makes for great nightlights,
and staircase lights.

I'm sure some light spectrum analysis could qualify the "weirdness."
But I won't go there. Personally I like incandescent.
Warm.
Want to argue vacuum tube versus transistor sound?
You can find somebody to argue with.

--Vic

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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:52:24 -0500, Harry
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:42:33 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:


LED is weird light. I have a couple of head lamps for fishing that have
9 separate bulbs, that one is bright enough to see your line at night.
For camping, I have a crank type LED with 8 bulbs, I love it. Aside from
the whirring noise bothering some campers here and there, it never needs
batteries, used it all season and never had to worry about it.

I got a feeling everybody will get used to them, and we'll end up with
them lighting our houses when production costs come down.
I've heard they're real efficient.

--Vic

There's nothing "weird" about LED light. It makes for great nightlights,
and staircase lights.

I'm sure some light spectrum analysis could qualify the "weirdness."
But I won't go there. Personally I like incandescent.
Warm.
Want to argue vacuum tube versus transistor sound?
You can find somebody to argue with.

During the recent snow storm the guys and gals on the radio where
lamenting the deficiencies of the LED signal lights due to the fact that
they are not self cleaning due to their lack of heat.

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:19:20 -0500, BAR wrote:



During the recent snow storm the guys and gals on the radio where
lamenting the deficiencies of the LED signal lights due to the fact that
they are not self cleaning due to their lack of heat.

Traffic lights? There was some discussion of that recently on the
autos.tech group. And a link to a pic. They might have to redo some
of those. Maybe heaters that turn on in the winter, or sense snow.

--Vic

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:19:20 -0500, BAR wrote:


During the recent snow storm the guys and gals on the radio where
lamenting the deficiencies of the LED signal lights due to the fact that
they are not self cleaning due to their lack of heat.

Traffic lights? There was some discussion of that recently on the
autos.tech group. And a link to a pic. They might have to redo some
of those. Maybe heaters that turn on in the winter, or sense snow.

--Vic





Or...winter work for the brave and cold resistant, getting up in those
bucket trucks during blinding snowstorms, to wipe off and apply
no-ice-stick-um to the traffic lights!

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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:52:24 -0500, Harry
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:42:33 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:


LED is weird light. I have a couple of head lamps for fishing that have
9 separate bulbs, that one is bright enough to see your line at night.
For camping, I have a crank type LED with 8 bulbs, I love it. Aside from
the whirring noise bothering some campers here and there, it never needs
batteries, used it all season and never had to worry about it.

I got a feeling everybody will get used to them, and we'll end up with
them lighting our houses when production costs come down.
I've heard they're real efficient.

--Vic

There's nothing "weird" about LED light. It makes for great nightlights,
and staircase lights.

I'm sure some light spectrum analysis could qualify the "weirdness."
But I won't go there. Personally I like incandescent.
Warm.
Want to argue vacuum tube versus transistor sound?
You can find somebody to argue with.

--Vic

Yes, I like warm white as opposed to the cool or daylight lamps in my
home. As to the sound of vacuum tube, I know, I have both here.