My understanding is that LEDs are only a bit more efficient that CFLs. The advantages of LEDs are much greater longevity and no use of mercury.
FWIW - I converted the headlights on my S10 to HIDs which consume 35W. I agree with the author of the article that it doesn't save much but in my case since my EV is still a lead sled every little bit helps. Peter Flipsen Jr On Apr 20, 2014 2:40 PM, "Jan Steinman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: brucedp5 <[email protected]> > > > > The Leaf has LED headlights, which draw about 21 watts of power > > I'm a bit surpsised they draw so much. > > Ordinary car headlight draw 55W apiece, meaning the LEDs use 19% of the > energy of the halogen incandescent headlights. That's along the lines of > the savings you get from using CFB bulbs, and I would have thought LED to > be much more efficient than that. > > :::: The household that prepares its own meals in its own kitchen with > some intelligent regard for nutritional value, and thus depends on the > grocer only for selected raw materials, exercises an influence on the food > industry that reaches from the store all the way back to the seedsman. -- > Wendell Berry > :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140420/5d7f4af0/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
