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Old 05-13-2015, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Vicegrip View Post
led light itself gets hot as hell
This. LEDs are somewhere around 40% efficient. Power electronics that drive them can easily be well above 90% range (even close to 100%). Even a lousy 90% is 6x less loss than the LED itself. LEDs also degrade at high heat, not so much w/ the electronics if designed correctly.
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