[geeks] LED home lighting project

[Phil Stracchino]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
> " 
> " 
> " Mon, 14 Mar 2005 @ 18:14 -0800, Gregory Leblanc said:
> " 
> " 
> " > The best deal there is
> " > actually some breed of florescent, 
> " 
> " Oh hell no.  I *hate* flourescent lights.
> 
> you do know that white leds are actually fluorescent?  a uv led with a
> dot of phosphor.

Yes, although tri-junction RGB "white" LEDs are also under development.
 Because the LED is running on DC, though, it does not have the 60Hz
subliminal flicker of fluorescents.

(One of the nice things about the tri-junction types is they offer the
possibility of custom-tuning the white balance.)

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