LED lighting


Home Power Magazine has reviews about energy efficient lighting including LED's. Homepower focuses on Alternative Energy and has a regular section on Electric Vehicles.

12 Volt, useful for electric vehicles

120 volt LED lights

High quality LED illuminators

LED flashlight lamps, and other LED illuminators
Delta Light
Bill Mack
ICO PO Box 202223
Minneapolis, MN 55420

Noctilume limited selection of led flashliight, led arrays.
Ledtronics manufacturer of many neat led things!

Incandescent light drop in replacements

Data Display Products
445 S. Douglas St.
El Segundo CA 90245-4630
310-640-0442

LED Traffic Lights

Fun! - LED christmas lights

Backwoods Solar Electric
208-263-4290

Ramblings collected from the EV dlist

Be aware that LED light assemblies not only last longer, they use less energy! That may be a problem with old bi-metalic flashers that need an energy hog of a light bulb to heat up the bi-metalic metal strip and make the turn and hazard lights flash!

If you want to refit to LED lighting at a minimum of cost, May I suggest a trip to your local junkyard? New parts will cost you. Surplus or junkyard parts can make this a fun, inexpensive project!

What is the energy savings? My rough guess is 1/10th-1/20th of the energy in one 50 pound battery. So it's a nice final tweak and it's cool but it won't make a significant difference in your range. Improved aerodynamics is a better return on your investment. At the same time, every little bit helps. Also check out High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights. Much better, much lower energy requirements and rather expensive!

m.t.thompson@ieee.org