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LED light for Fiji 2008 Completed | 9 comments (9 topical, editorial)
Re: LED light for Fiji 2008 Completed (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by JamesJackson on Sun Mar 30th, 2008 at 12:53:49 PM MST
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Congradulations on your completed project! They look really nice and bright shining in the photo that you posted.

One word of caution.

Do NOT allow these to be angled down into the home(s) where the point-source is visible to the occupants - these high-intensity LEDs are considered 'laser' lights - or at least have the same warnings that are given to laser LEDs.

I have three 5-watt LED lights that have been mounted on the wall of my home - pointed downward into my living room - basically shining right into my face. I could actually see the die when lit. They are pretty durn bright!

Well... after about nine months, both me and my wife acquired uncontrollable 'twitching' of the eyes. Very annoying, and I couldn't figure out why, until it dawned on me that it might be related to the LEDs shining in our eyes every night.

I left them off for a week - the twitching subsided. I re-positioned the LEDs to shine at a different angle, and everything seems to be much better now.

So - take care. I don't think that you want to harm anyones' vision with these enormous light-sources.

Regards,

James Jackson
Oztronics



Re: LED light for Fiji 2008 Completed (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by richhagen (richhagen (a t) Juno.com) on Thu Apr 3rd, 2008 at 04:52:44 PM MST
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I just saw your reply, Yes, I think that adding shades to these will be on the agenda.  I have one in my laundry room and the one lighting up a plant is still there.  No twitching yet, but they are bright, they are being driven at about 430ma, or about 1.6 Watts so they are probably not as bright as when driven at higher currents, but they are still very bright and can use a shade.  Some of these are already on there way to Fiji, so the shades will have to be added there now.  Rich
'A Joule saved is a Joule made'
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LED light for Fiji 2008 Completed | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial)

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