On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:11:03 -0600, the renowned John Fields
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:16:21 -0800, John Larkin
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:53:35 -0600, John Fields
wrote:

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:15:56 -0800, John Larkin
wrote:



If you use 14 volts to run a 3.4 volt LED, with a dissipative system,
the efficiency is always around 24%. Different circuits just move the
heat around.

With pairs of LEDs in series, efficiency becomes 6.8/14 = 48%.

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Yes, but if one fails shorted the second one will follow soon after if
its If(max) is exceeded, while if one fails open two will go out so
you're trading efficiency for reliability.

JF

Sure, except that LEDs rarely fail.

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"Rarely" ain't "never", bucko.

It's kinda the same thing as "a long time" ain't "forever".

JF

So "love you long time" is different from "love you forever"?


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