Originally Posted by diff_lock2
I found a 12v MR16 20 led light, 1.8w... for i think 9-12$...
I was thinking tail light, just gota figur how to get it red...
Buy one with red LED's. It's much more efficient. Red LED's only produce red light, so all of the energy goes to producing light. If you put a red lens in front of a white light, it filters out everything but the red portion of the white light. All of the energy used to produce the non-red portion is wasted. This is particularly problematic with white LED's, which produce relatively little red light -- their light is noticeably bluer and whiter than incandescant.
Here's a link to a red LED MR16 for less than $8:
http://store.peclamp.com/led001.html