[Unlinozistimi]

Anyone know how much energy these things will take, says the've got 24 LEDs but doesn't say anything about power consumption in any shops i've seen them in

http://www.value-electrical.co.uk/mi...321-3228-p.asp

[Tarrccrys]

Unless you know the specs on the LEDs they're using, you really can't tell unless it says it on the package. I'd imagine not much, though. It does use LEDs...

[Roneyslelry]

LEDs are like SSDs, there are good ones and bad ones and you need to be careful when buying them

[Tarrccrys]

If you can buy it from a store with a great return policy, test it out with a KillaWatt or something similar. If it doesn't exceed your expectations, then you can return it.

[Roneyslelry]

The issue is less power consumption, but rather light production/power consumption.


candela only describes the brightness, not the amount of light produced

lux/lumen describes how much light it produces

[ReginaPerss]

Is electricity expensive over there?

[topcasinobonua]

Unless they are using Luxeon LED's, the power consumption would be extremely low.

A White Superflux LED can be ~ 3.4v @ 20mA and produce a lot of light w/ wide angle illumination. I made a LED array using these to replace the interior bulbs in my car.

So at 3.4v @ 20mA = 0.068watts

0.068w * 24 = 1.632watts not including power used in the LED driver itself .

I would have to say it probably doesn't use more then 2-3 watts of power. And guessing the illumination would probably be similar to a 40watt bulb equivalent.

I've seen 5watt LED bulbs be equivalent to 75-80watt incandescent bulb in illumination.