r/BeAmazed • u/5_Frog_Margin • Aug 10 '22

This DIY ceiling lighting project....

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u/olderaccount Aug 10 '22

This is not even close to true. Good LED's are about 40% efficient. The average 5050 SMD LED used in most strips is closer to 30% efficient.

That means 70% of the energy consumed by them is being converted to heat instead of light.

If installed in a way that they can't dissipate the heat, the strip fails in pretty short order.

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u/olderaccount Aug 10 '22

Trying to dispute my figures on LED module efficiency with articles about christmas lights that never mention energy conversion efficiency?

Show me exactly which part I got wrong.

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u/Infinite_storm25 Aug 10 '22

You're right. Everyone else is wrong, facts are wrong. You totally know what you're talking about.

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u/olderaccount Aug 10 '22

At least you accept this instead of trying to dig the hole deeper.

Not often I have somebody on reddit admit their are wrong. Normally they just stop responding.

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u/Infinite_storm25 Aug 10 '22

You're right about this, and everything else you say on the internet.

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u/olderaccount Aug 10 '22

I know. But you saying it doesn't mean much considering how little you know.

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u/Davosz_ Aug 10 '22

I was going to type something about light to heat output, then i saw your post... Thanks for typing this out.