Re: [TenTec] Better Bulb Life in TenTec 229, 238 Tuners

["Ron Castro" <ronc@sonic.net>]

The ones I ordered have a diffuser, although I won't know how good it works 
until I get one installed.  Here is more information if anyone is 
interested:
http://www.bulbtown.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=L8047

        Ron N6IE
     www.N6IE.com


> The big problem today with LEDs is that the light is very focused while
> the light from an incandescent lamp would be nearly uniform over the
> whole sphere if it wasn't for the lamp base. Devices designed to be
> illuminated by that omnidirectional pattern, often aren't lighted well
> by the LED. To use the light from a narrow beamed LED may require adding
> a significant light distribution bar or diffuser. There are new LEDs
> promised with a 60 degree pattern, but so far only in chip scale, not
> quite ready to drop into a lamp socket.
>
> When LEDs develop the wide spread typical of an incandescent or
> fluorescent lamp, they will find much greater use, but I think won't
> show the great efficiency improvement they now get. That's because the
> comparisons don't include lighting all directions, just the light IN the
> beam.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
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