UnCursing the Darkness.

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Wed Dec 26 21:15:28 2001

On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, John Allain wrote:

> pretty amazing, to me anyway. Jameco rated them at 4 foot
> candles at 20ma, which seemed a little 'opto'mistic.
> I tried them out, and they reach near peak light at more like
> 180ma, getting just noticeaby warm. At 250ma they are
> 'uncomfortably' warm, hence question:
> Did they really mean 20ma? at that proportion they're
> putting out <10% peak, but 180ma is WAY above spec,
> Jameco's spec anyway. So I guess Jameco's wrong?
> Could I be loosing lifespan at this current? Maybe the
> not-too-warm test is good enough?

 Totally untutored guess: A "noticably warm" bulb is fairly likely to
shatter when a glob of snow falls on it.


> John A.
> remember, I'm a software guy.

        Doc
  Remember, I'm a roughneck. :)
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