Does an LED get brighter or dimmer with a slow change in voltage input?
Dusty --- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > I prefer the River Raisin method quality high performance motors and > > gearboxes <snip> > > Bill Winans > > I suppose a $120+ Swiss motor will result in improvement of slow smooth > starts. But a better motor will not eliminate the voltage spikes of many > power sources. Thus, bulb life expectancy will not change if an improved > motor is used. Changing the power source might result in improvement of bulb > life if the voltage spikes are eliminated. Ed L. > > > Those pesky brass diesels are the problem... > > Brass diesels work well with LEDs also. > > > it is still darn hard to simulate that "real" incandescent look, as LEDs > > tend to have a uniform brightness all across their face. > > The last time I looked at a real RR headlight straight on at night while lit, > there was uniform brightness all across the face which darn near blinded me. > The heck with uniformity, I was getting sunburned!! > > Are you perhaps talking about the non-uniform look of a bulb when it is off? > If so, perhaps a near-trasparent decal over the face of the MV lens (diesel) > or clear plastic flat lens (steam) will provide the look of a bulb more to > your liking and still retain the inherent advantages of an LED (no heat, > infinite life, low current draw, cheaper cost, etc.). Just think, that > near-transparent decal could say things like "GE 100 watts" in really small > letters. Now there is a new height for realism. > > Maybe just leaving the LED on at all times would look like a real bulb when > lit. No matter how it is done, the end result with an LED is certainly > better than replacing burned out bulbs on a regular basis. > > Cheers...Ed L. > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
