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Old 10-31-2011, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by mike31154 View Post
Here's a link to a pretty good article about the development & usage of AC LEDs. A little technical in parts, but some plenty of less complex info as well.

http://www.ledsmagazine.com/features/3/5/2
good article, not technical at all. I was wondering how they would overcome the 60hrtz flicker, but I see they do add a capacitor which is basicly converting the wave form to a flatter output which will simulate a form of a DC signal, reducing the effect of the flicker.

this does show a lot of prommis especialy in lenght of runs, if they run the two side wave form they basicly have 60V at 15 amps X2 so essentualy you could run 300 3watt LEDs in one string. and see a power savings of about 4% if I am reading it right, as that is the average 12V driver inefficiency. in bigger led's like 100 watt units that are used for arena lighting and such you would realize a much larger power savings.

imagine 3 or 4 100watt briglux LEDs over your tank for lighting..
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