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Old 11-24-11 | 02:05 PM
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prathmann
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Originally Posted by hotbike
Overall, the efficiency of LED's is like 98%, no matter what they are used for.
The efficiency of LEDs varies considerably and doesn't get anywhere near 98%. Otherwise the high-power bike lights wouldn't need all those heat-shedding fins and other design features to keep them cool. There's still lots of energy being wasted as heat, although not nearly as much as from equivalently bright incandescent lights.
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