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• LED research update
  • Dr. LED has bulbs certified in certain Aqua Signal fixtures
    • We have the series 25 lights
      • So you are saying that ...
        • If I read their press release correctly, no.
          • Why don't you call or email them, Craig?
          • It is specific to the Aqua Signal series 40
            • Re: Series 25
              • What was the issue with the Lopo lights?
                • They just keep failing...
                  • We finally had one fail
                    • Geez, it seems so hit or miss on LEDs. I was planning to......
                      • No need to spend a lot of bucks
                  • LED's are hardly "bulletproof", yet.
                    • Anyone have any issues with Aquasignal's own LEDs?
                  • Hand made unreliability...
                    • Hand Made isn't necessarily a problem
                      • Yes, I have quite a few Bebes - no problems.
                        • The only problem with the Bebi lights is physical shock
  • How real is the concern about certification?
    • It becomes an issue if you are involved in an after dark collision...
      • Agreed
        • I doubt the "correct" bulb will deter some idiot from running into you...
          • Thats not the point.
        • Tom, the way I see it it's just another check-box
  • Craig did you see these when looking into LED
    • If the light was certified with a colored lens
      • Jeramy - In a Kelvin Scale -- white isn't just "white"
        • The Bebi LED electronics site has a good write-up on this
          • Fascinating read . . . but my suggestion was that the lens
            • Different colored light (K) will cause colored shift through the colored lens, Jeremy?
    • I am not familiar with this one