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Article #19863Re: speaking of LEDs
From: Carl Lowenstein
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1988 23:56
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1988 23:56
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In article <1988Oct2.053515.18004@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <779@mplvax.nosc.MIL> cdl@mplvax.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) writes:
|>>Some cave-explorer friends are experimenting with the new LEDs for
|>>emergency light sources:
>In any power-critical application, one would probably want to use red,
>not green.
One wonders about the tradeoff with the human eye's greater efficiency
in the green on the receiving end.
--
carl lowenstein marine physical lab u.c. san diego
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!ucsd!sdcc6!mplvax!cdl From: cdl@mplvax.nosc.MIL (Carl Lowenstein) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: speaking of LEDs Message-ID: <781@mplvax.nosc.MIL> Date: 3 Oct 88 23:56:21 GMT References: <491@ole.UUCP> <7200014@silver> <779@mplvax.nosc.MIL> <1988Oct2.053515.18004@utzoo.uucp> Reply-To: cdl@mplvax.ucsd.edu.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein) Organization: U.C. San Diego, Marine Physical Laboratory Lines: 15