Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 23:15:07 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.indian-creek.net ([209.176.40.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.1) with ESMTP id 2531595 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:45:14 -0400 Received: from VAIO (sl24.du.indian-creek.net [209.176.40.40] toucan@78055.com) by mail.indian-creek.net with SMTP (IOA-IPAD 3.85d/96) id 318E000 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:44:50 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000e01c36532$bae70ba0$2828b0d1@VAIO> From: "Jim Cameron" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: For Eric Jones re LED anticollision lights X-Original-Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:45:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01C36508.D0F2E970" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C36508.D0F2E970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Eric, CFR 14.23.1401 specifies 400 candles as minimum light output in = the horizontal plane. In a web search, I came up with one = high-intensity white LED, 8000 mcd output, and in quantities of 50, = which would be the minimum required, they're $7 each. Unless I'm = missing something, it looks to me as if replacing strobes with LED's is = going to have to wait a while to be cost competitive. Jim Cameron ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01C36508.D0F2E970 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Eric, CFR 14.23.1401 specifies 400 = candles as=20 minimum light output in the horizontal plane.  In a web search, I = came up=20 with one high-intensity white LED, 8000 mcd output, and in quantities of = 50,=20 which would be the minimum required, they're $7 each.  Unless I'm = missing=20 something, it looks to me as if replacing strobes with LED's is going to = have to=20 wait a while to be cost competitive.
 
Jim Cameron
 
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