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Reply #15 – November 02, 2005, 10:37:51 AM

Brian - the lights can be bought here:

http://www.foxthundercats.com/electronixx/leds.htm

Even though they fllash in the pictures there, they do have a "steady burn" option for fog/driving light use.

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Reply #16 – November 03, 2005, 12:20:58 AM

I'm guessing the TCMLED MAXI "STEALTH" SERIES are probably the ones closest to the stock size of the old Marchal fog lamps on TurboCoupes.

Also, is pricing per light or per set of two?

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Reply #17 – November 03, 2005, 12:51:26 AM

Quote from: Ifixyawata

I'm guessing the TCMLED MAXI "STEALTH" SERIES are probably the ones closest to the stock size of the old Marchal fog lamps on TurboCoupes.

Also, is pricing per light or per set of two?

I'm just curious how bright they are...40 of the new(er) 5mm 40k mcd 20° LED's only put out a total of ~150 lumens...300 for both lights. Compared to the usable light coming from the factory foglights/bulbs, 150 is nothing

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Reply #18 – November 03, 2005, 12:58:56 AM

What about this?

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LED INTENSITY

The unit of measure commonly used to describe LED intensity is the millicandela (mcd), 1000 millicandela equals 1 candela. Candelas measures how much light is produced as measured at the light source.
The candela is the Luminous Intensity, in a given direction, of a source of monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian.

The unit of measure commonly used for most other light sources is the Lumen.
Lumens are units of Luminous Flux and they measure how much light actually falls on a surface.
The Luminous Flux (lumens) from a light source is equal to the Luminous Intensity (candelas) multiplied by the solid angle over which the light is emitted, taking into account the varying intensities in different directions.
So you can see that it is not a simple matter to accuratly convert millicandelas (mcd) to lumens .

Just curious.. haven't messed with LEDs enough to know if the above applies to the conversation.

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Reply #19 – November 03, 2005, 09:05:06 AM

The pricing is for each light. I do sell them slightly cheaper for apair on eBay.

The lights put out a very bright white light, bright enough to nearly blind you when you look into them, but it is not focused like a fog lamp beam is. Truthfully they're best used for looks (as are most of the small fog lights you see). I actually don't have a set on my car because in order to replace my lights the front bumper cover has to come off and I'm just too lazy to do it. I do have an LED flashlight, though, and it seems that in dim light conditions (dusk) the LED light isn't as bright as a regular flashlight, but in total darkness the LED flashlight kicks the regular light's ass. The light it throws is pure white and it seems to capture detail better. I almost think there may be an ultraviolet component to the light output as well, because it seems to make certain things glow