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[Buick john]

Hello can any tell if the run rear 6v led lights for a 48 Chrysler Windsor 3 window pls

[Don Coatney]

Buick John, What are LED lights? Definition?   

[knuckleharley]

Buick John, What are LED lights? Definition?   

Don,they are LED taillight bulbs. Like halogen,but brighter and very expensive.  They come in 6 and 12 volt,and fit right into your regular tail light socket.

 

I bought a pair of 6 volt halogen tail light bulbs for my 51 Ford coupe,and the difference between their brightness and the brightness of the standard bulbs is amazing. The taillights look to be as bright as the original brake lights,and there is no way anyone can miss seeing the brake lights come on,not even on a bright and sunny day. Halogen bulbs are very expensive too. The cheapest I could find them were 16 bucks each,but I think that is money well spent from a safety viewpoint because they are so much brighter than the standard 6 volt taillight bulbs. 

[Don Coatney]

I taught my 6 year old granddaughter what LED means. I instructed her to ask her teacher what LED means and her teacher did not know. So the student had the pleasure of educating the teacher. So knuckleharley I will ask you What are LED lights? Definition?  Others on this forum know but hopefully they will not tell.

[Merle Coggins]

Light Emmiting Diodes

[knuckleharley]

I taught my 6 year old granddaughter what LED means. I instructed her to ask her teacher what LED means and her teacher did not know. So the student had the pleasure of educating the teacher. So knuckleharley I will ask you What are LED lights? Definition?  Others on this forum know but hopefully they will not tell.

I knew the answer but see someone else has already spilled the beans.

 

Why is it a big deal to see if I knew? Is this some sort of contest?

[TodFitch]

. . . I will ask you What are LED lights? . . .

 

Redundancies are all around us, if they bother you then I assume you are always upset. Next up, complain about a "VIN number".

 

Regarding the original topic, I tried a LED replacement in my '33 a while back and it did not work well. At the time the issue was that the red color of the LED did not match the frequency that would pass through the glass lens so there was less light getting through than with the 6v incandescent. There has been lots of work on LEDs since then and not all lenses transmit light the same way so I hesitate to extend my single point observation to other situations.

[Niel Hoback]

I was told to use a white LED behind a red lens or else you would get practically no red light at all.

[TodFitch]

I was told to use a white LED behind a red lens or else you would get practically no red light at all.

Maybe the new white LEDs are different. But the older ones were simply a red, a green and a blue LED closely fitted together on the chip to simulate white. Net result is that only 1/3 of the light had a chance of getting through the lens. For a  single color red LED, even the red from the LED needs to be matched to the characteristics of the lens. Apparently the thick glass lens on my car is designed to pass a different color red than the red LEDs I tried emitted.

[Frank Elder]

Don,they are LED taillight bulbs. Like halogen,but brighter and very expensive.  They come in 6 and 12 volt,and fit right into your regular tail light socket.

 

I bought a pair of 6 volt halogen tail light bulbs for my 51 Ford coupe,and the difference between their brightness and the brightness of the standard bulbs is amazing. The taillights look to be as bright as the original brake lights,and there is no way anyone can miss seeing the brake lights come on,not even on a bright and sunny day. Halogen bulbs are very expensive too. The cheapest I could find them were 16 bucks each,but I think that is money well spent from a safety viewpoint because they are so much brighter than the standard 6 volt taillight bulbs. 

 

I knew the answer but see someone else has already spilled the beans.

 

Why is it a big deal to see if I knew? Is this some sort of contest?

I think Don's point is he was asking the OP what LEDS are......not anyone else.

[Frank Elder]

https://www.superbrightleds.com/carbulb_notes.php

[knuckleharley]

I think Don's point is he was asking the OP what LEDS are......not anyone else.

Maybe he should have used a PM in that case? Last time I checked,this was a public board and anyone or even everyone was free to respond to questions.

[Don Coatney]

PM sent.

[DonaldSmith]

It works well to send a personal PM message (yes, I know it's redundant) if you are going to take issue with someone.  

 

The response may be that there is not so much an issue, when you understand the other fellow's point of view.  (If you disagree with me, to heck with you.  Nasty PM to follow.) 

[knuckleharley]

PM sent.

PM received. Don and I have no issues with this. It was just a misunderstanding,mostly on my part.

[Buick john]

Come on chaps let's not fall out big smiles & shake hands I've found someone local so will try them & let you know how they go

Edited April 4, 2016 by Buick john

[deathbound]

I think Don's point is he was asking the OP what LEDS are......not anyone else.

In Don's 2nd post of this thread, he specifically asked knuckleharley.

Edited April 4, 2016 by deathbound

[Frank Elder]

In Don's 2nd post of this thread, he specifically asked knuckleharley.

After the his original question.......then he turned his bow and pointed his query elsewhere....I smell a horse somewhere....oh, my foot seems to stuck in its ribcage, and it appears to be dead.

Edited April 4, 2016 by Frank Elder

[Don Coatney]

After the his original question.......then he turned his bow and pointed his query elsewhere....I smell a horse somewhere....oh, my foot seems to stuck in its ribcage, and it appears to be dead.

Is this the same as kicking a dead horse

[BigDaddyO]

Now about that VIN Number comment...you may want to check your hot water heater.

[Frank Elder]

Is this the same as kicking a dead horse

[TodFitch]

Now about that VIN Number comment...you may want to check your hot water heater.

At the risk of having to delete my own post for being too far off topic: Yesterday at the local "farmer's market" there was a vendor that had a sign saying they had "frozen hot tomales".

[Don Coatney]

At the risk of having to delete my own post for being too far off topic: Yesterday at the local "farmer's market" there was a vendor that had a sign saying they had "frozen hot tomales".

I will not report this posting

[Frank Elder]

If you are still there Buick John, maybe a few of the guys including Don will chime in with their own LED experiences......I am a 6V positive ground guy myself ,as having 12 volt negative ground stuff added to my car doesn't appeal to me. 

I sure hope you find what you need to draw on.

[greg g]

I knew things were bad in California, but I hadn't heard about liquidating the farmers.  Are the farmers going by the pound or by the each???

Edited April 5, 2016 by greg g