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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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Looks great! You guys have got to stop posting this stuff before I get myself in a lot of trouble with ordering more things.
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jdmvette
the CREE LR6 bulb emits a true incandescent color from an LED.

i bought one for my recessed can in my laundry room and it's awesome. you get the instant brightness of an incandescent and the superior energy savings of a CF.



i have no idea if they sell individual LEDs, but have you tried looking at CREE products for different whites?
I just checked out the LR6 it uses unsaturated Yellow LEDs and sautrated Red LEDs. I'm not sure what the saturation statements mean... Yellow is impossible or at the least very difficult to get, true yellow that is. I haven't found any yet...

Interesting but I don't see how Yellow and Red make White without some sort of filter...

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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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Ain't nobody dope as you, you're just so fresh so clean!

Nicely done dad! Looks fantastic
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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Tim is an awesome forum member to deal with. He did my hvac and radio in blue leds. The white leds look great!
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Looks great! I had them do my interior as well and couldn't be happier!
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by tstar
I just checked out the LR6 it uses unsaturated Yellow LEDs and sautrated Red LEDs. I'm not sure what the saturation statements mean... Yellow is impossible or at the least very difficult to get, true yellow that is. I haven't found any yet...

Interesting but I don't see how Yellow and Red make White without some sort of filter...

Tim
i dunno how it works but i can vouch that this LED light is the shizz for home lighting. i need to get off my butt and put up a thread about it in CFOT.
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tbrent
Ain't nobody dope as you, you're just so fresh so clean!

Nicely done dad! Looks fantastic

when you gonna get yours done son?

don't make me get the
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Looks very sharp ... this is on my to-do list for some day when I have nothing else to do ...
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Old Jul 9, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Looks good.

We do have some cores in now. Contact me and we'll get you set up.
Very interested.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by tbrent
Ain't nobody dope as you, you're just so fresh so clean!

Nicely done dad! Looks fantastic
Someone traslate this for me!!!!!!!!!



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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 03:24 AM
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Originally Posted by jdmvette
i dunno how it works but i can vouch that this LED light is the shizz for home lighting. i need to get off my butt and put up a thread about it in CFOT.
It is pretty cool, but how long does it take to recoup the cost in electric bill savings?

You know the stock ElectroChromatic Mirror Maplights are a combination of Orange and Aqua LEDs... I tried making Purple out of using Blue and Red 3mm LEDs and all I got was Blue, the Red was totally absorbed... I mean it just disappeared! So maybe the wavelengths generated by the LEDs don't follow logic, as far as the Color Wheel goes. I'll do some experiments with different colors and combinations when I get a minute. If I come anything interesting I'll post it!

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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by matt75
Tim is an awesome forum member to deal with. He did my hvac and radio in blue leds. The white leds look great!
Originally Posted by Superman09
Looks great! I had them do my interior as well and couldn't be happier!
Thanx guys!

And Jon, your Traction Switch rocks!

Tim
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by tstar
Someone traslate this for me!!!!!!!!!



Tim
Heya Tim When I first got on the forum Jason helped me out with any question I had so I call him dad. He will tell you that's bs because he is like 2-3 months younger than me

Jason, I was supposed to send my hvac to the good man Tim awhile back but I had some unforeseen home expenses pop up I hope to bombard his mail very soon Put that woopin stick away!
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 07:39 AM
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I was talkng about dope and fresh! lol
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Great mod!! Looking good!!
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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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[QUOTE=tstar;1570734989]It is pretty cool, but how long does it take to recoup the cost in electric bill savings?

You know the stock ElectroChromatic Mirror Maplights are a combination of Orange and Aqua LEDs... I tried making Purple out of using Blue and Red 3mm LEDs and all I got was Blue, the Red was totally absorbed... I mean it just disappeared! So maybe the wavelengths generated by the LEDs don't follow logic, as far as the Color Wheel goes. I'll do some experiments with different colors and combinations when I get a minute. If I come anything interesting I'll post it!

Hey Tim; I put 4 red and 2 blue 5mm leds in each side of my autodimming mirror and got purple. You can see it on the seats in these pics. This was before I started replacing the helper leds in these mirrors so I may get some purple leds and do the helper led also. I have a solid red mirror in there now. All 6 lite up as well with this combo.


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Originally Posted by tstar
I was talkng about dope and fresh! lol
it's a song by "Outkast". Just a way of saying the new tstar interior is wicked awesome!

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Old Jul 11, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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Ohhhhhh OK!

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Hey Tim; I put 4 red and 2 blue 5mm leds in each side of my autodimming mirror and got purple. You can see it on the seats in these pics. This was before I started replacing the helper leds in these mirrors so I may get some purple leds and do the helper led also. I have a solid red mirror in there now. All 6 lite up as well with this combo.
I was trying to light up a switch and crammed a Blue 3mm and a Red 3mm into it and the Red just disappeared, pretty cool effect you got with the mirror arrays!!!!!!

BTW I got a better fix for Blue and White in the mirror arrays so they all light up at full brightness.

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Originally Posted by tstar
It is pretty cool, but how long does it take to recoup the cost in electric bill savings?
probably never. i didn't buy it for that. i bought it for the fact that i just didnt want a halogen in that recessed can and a CF takes too long to get to full brightness.

if i could afford it, i'd do every can in the house in those LR6 bulbs.
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