ANN: LED Luminosity Breakthrough

15 November 2003.

Announcement:

Light Emitting Diode (LED) Intensification Breakthrough in New Zealand
laboratory.

Using ultra-small electronic componentry to intensify (make brighter)the
ubiquitous LED, the LED output can be increased by up to four times without
blowing them up as would be expected when you shove too much voltage into
them. The Free Electron laboratory technicians in Lower Hutt, North Island,
New Zealand have developed a device to intensify LED's by overpowering and
cooling LED's to make an otherwise mediocre LED shine furiously bright.

Given the headlong rush to more Lumens per Watt and the wide range of
applications that LED's lend themselves to, it is surprising that such
an add-on component has not, before today, been developed. The LED
Accelerator brings a solution to bear upon the problem of otherwise poor LED
luminosity performance. At an increasing rate LED's are being used in
industry, transport, home and personal lighting, security, communications,
toys and consumer electronics, the future is bright then, for a company
that will manufacture and distribute the LED Accelerator.

In the next few days it is expected that rights to the device will be
auctioned by eBay and at other auction sites in Europe, and Australasia.

http://www.geocities.com/ledaccelerator

This press release was provided by:

Peter E. Lowrie.
Chairman,
Free Electron.
High St,
Lower Hutt, 6009.
New Zealand.
++64-4-9766712

 

Wasn't there a song called The Free Electron Band?

 

Time to update information for detractors, supporters and other souls kind
enough to provide feedback herein:

The circuit does not change the colour of the LED.

Most LEDs do not operate at 100% duty - brake lights for example, life
reduction expectancy therefore UP TO 30%.

The circuit does not directly influence the efficiency of the LED, it just
allows a higher voltage to be safely applied to the LED.

In this incantation the circuit is designed for arrays of LED's, such as
traffic lights, indicators and tail lights. It's use will be more
applicable, therefore, to interior lighting, automotive, traffic and
industrial applications.

The low power version sinks 1 Amp, and the power device <4 Amps - which is a
huge output so far as LED applications are involved. At the four Amp rating
8 devices could easily power aircraft runway lights.

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A typo on the website has been fixed.

Thankyou for suggestions insofar as Lumileds and Luxeon are concerned.

Do please post on-topic communiques to this NG rather than posting emails as
is the want in NG culture.

An announcement will be issued shortly as to auctioning the rights to
use/manufacture the device.

Yours faithfully

Peter E. Lowrie.
Chairman,
Free Electron.
High St,
Lower Hutt, 6009.
New Zealand.
++64-4-9766712

 

It's always fun putting higher voltages through LED's - they make a rather
satisfying noise when they finally blow up, and you get to go looking to see
where the top bit landed. ahh, the joys of an LED, and a variable power
supply! oh, and an absent lab supervisor helps too.

Damien (oh, so there WAS meant to be a resistor in that circuit!)
GPX250 (stolen) -> CBR600

 

For those who missed the link in previous post:

http://www.geocities.com/ledaccelerator

Best wishes
Peter Lowrie
Chairman
Free Electron
High St
Lower Hutt, NZ.
+64-4-9766712

 

or you could try http://www.realdoll.com and get something that's much more
useful.

Damien (it does WHAT? I'll take two!)
GPX250 (stolen) -> CBR600

 

And then Damian suggested:

Only real wankers and double adapters need apply. ;-)

eter

 

Me! Me!

 

Peter, why the hell do you think a bunch of bikers care about LED accelerators ?

JL
(this has to be the weirdest spam I've seen)

 

Perhaps he thinks we're easily led?

 

accelerators ?

Perhaps because led's will be used more often by manufacturers and
constructors and MC's is where you will see them.

Gee, thanks. I thought it was more of an ad than a spam though.

http://www.geocities.com/ledaccelerator
Best wishes
Peter Lowrie

 

You don't get out much, do you? Put the sheep back in the paddock, open the
curtains, and go out into the real world for a bit - you'd be amazed at what
you'll see out there!

Damien
GPX250 (stolen) -> CBR600

 

<boggle !!>

**** off spammer bitch.

JL