[DeTomaso] LEDs - approaching last call!

[Bill Lewis]

Gee, Dave, I always knew you were a smart dude!    ---Bill (admires smart people) Lewis





> From: davidabell at worldnet.att.net
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com; detomaso at realbig.com; pcncmotorsports at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 18:06:08 -0500
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] LEDs - approaching last call!
> 
> A red tail light lense is really just a filter that removes all the light
> except red wavelengths (an amber lense would be the same but just different
> wavelengths).  So if you put a white light of a given intensity behind a red
> lense and all the light spectra except red are absorbed, then only a small
> percentage of the total light emitted by the white LED actually passes
> through (as JT says it is 'diminished').  On the other hand, virtually none
> of the light emitted by a red LED is absorbed by a red lense, so practically
> everything emitted by a red LED passes through a red lense to your eyeball
> on the other side.  It doesn't just appear brighter, it actually is
> brighter.
> 
> Dave Bell
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
> [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 5:34 PM
> To: jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com; detomaso at realbig.com;
> pcncmotorsports at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] LEDs - approaching last call!
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> In a message dated 5/7/11 15 28 23, jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com writes:
> 
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> > Yeah, you are right and I am wrong.  Too much on my plate.  I've meant to
> > correct that several times.  It ought to be Gp4.  Thanks for the heads up
> > on the red,red.  I also hadn't come across that yet.
> >
> > Always more to know.  See you next month.  I'm looking forward to spending
> > some time out at the track.
> >
> 
> JT,
> 
> The actual LED lamps are all white, correct?   That is, the colors that are
> seen when the units are assembled on the car are solely by virtue of the
> colored lenses, not the actual color of the corresponding LEDs?
> 
> Mike
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