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Re: Best way to power array of LEDs?

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From: Ed Price
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 01:01
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"David Lesher" <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote in message
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> John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> writes:
>
> >>>Let's have a competition to see how unbearably complicated we can make
> >>>the task of feeding 36 LEDs from a car battery.
> >>
> >>Dynamotor to get higher voltage; then ballast tube regulation..
>
> >That only two extra parts. We already had 'solutions' with 30 or so.
>
> My solution has 0.1% efficiency, takes up lots of space, weights a
> ton, and makes lots of noise. What else could you want?

Hazardous emissions?
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