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i just started looking into Neon for my interior and i have a couple of questions. first will it drain power from my car. and how much it usually costs for equipment.
If anyone has any good sites for them it would help.
thanks
it will drain power if your car is not running... i guess... i have red in mine.. i hooked it up thru the lighter plug lines.... and placed a switch...
Horsepower is how fast you hit the Minivan... Torque is how far you take the Minivan with you... :wavey:
Originally posted by Firehawk N Wv
Mine were rusted also and the I had to cut my nuts off .
it will drain power if your car is not running... i guess... i have red in mine.. i hooked it up thru the lighter plug lines.... and placed a switch...
Yes, it will drain power. Electricity has to come from somewhere, but the drain is neglible.
Costs depends, a strip of lights will run ~$25, a single LED will run a couple of bucks.
As a helpfull hint, Neons and LEDs are two very different things. Neons are tubes with Neon gas suspended within them that glow with the application of electricity. LED are Light Emiting Diodes that glow very strongly.
They have very different properties. LEDs are directional lighting, the lights go in the direction they are pointing in, and a single LED will create a circular end point, like a flashlight. Neons are diffuse lighting, they are non-directional, meaning there's no circular end point like a flashlight, it's like a light bulb.
Neons have short lifespans compared to LEDs, they tend to end up fading over time, and commonly one end of the Neon will darken substantially while another retains light.
LEDs have to be carefully placed and spaced, since they have circular end points they have to overlap to create a glow effect, or be pointed in a precisely chosen direction to achieve a reflective glow.
The application determines which you use. I am personally using LEDs for an underbody kit, and for "Floor lighting", as I can manage the overlap so it creates glow, and I only require a single direction, plus the fragile nature of Neons is a liability in an underbody kit. My side vents, and my Ram Air vents, I am using Neons. I need diffuse lighting there, I want a glow not a spotlight, I'll use Alluminum Tape to redirect the lighting from the dead directions to reinforce the live directions.
Light is an art, you need a plan and you need the right tools.
The information Gatt9 gave is mostly accurate, except that he has generalized "LED" to the original basic form of LED. There are currently different types of LEDs that are not limited to the narrow beam of conventional LEDs. One in particular is the relatively newly developed Surface Mount Technology (SMT) which provides a 180* viewing angle, giving a glowing effect more similar to neon, except that neons are like a fluorescent bulb in that they have a 360* light diffusion. SMTs are also brighter than conventional LEDs.
Another newer design is the Luxeon LED, which provides a wide viewing angle, and exponentially more light compared to a conventional LED. These run several dollars a piece, whereas SMTs run cheaper, but still likely over a dollar or two. Basic LEDs can be had for as little as a few pennies per depending on where you buy from. (a place like Radioshack is not your best bet, as [for example] a white LED would run roughly $6, whereas bought elsewhere would run ~$0.40). When bought in bulk, prices can range down to under 10 cents per LED.
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