[VAC] Re: LEDs

[Jim Dunmyer <jdunmyer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan,
 I found it interesting that this fella does NOT recommend LED lighting
for general use, but would stick with the good ol' fluorescents.

The other site, the ledmuseum, has some very interesting info on LED
flashlights. I've ordered a couple of those keychain jobs from the URL
that was posted here a few days ago. If I were doing a lot of 'remote'
camping, I'd get a couple of "real" flashlights with LED 'bulbs' because
of the tremendous battery savings. It appears that some very good
flashlights are available for around $30.00 (up to more than $100.00!),
and there's a PR3 replacement 'bulb' for a 3, C-cell MagLight.

For now, I'll stick with fluorescent fixtures in the trailer where
there's heavy usage and smaller incandescent bulbs in some of the other
fixtures. And, we'll watch the usage carefully so as to not tax the
batteries too much. The eMeter from Jade Mountain helps a lot in that
regard. Between that and testing the batteries with a load tester a
couple of times a year, I don't expect nasty surprises and we should
have all the electricity we need.

                                     <<Jim>>