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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I had this same idea about the heat factor, but was quickly corrected by my friend from Panasonic. He tells me that more than 50% of the space inside the new large LED lights will be used for the aluminum 'heat-sink' they require. I was surprised as my LED flashlights seem to put out no heat at all. I have a flashlight here on my desk with 16 LED's in the reflector and it's completely cool even when on for several minutes. My friend says that the LED units required for large area lights put out more heat than current florescents, and require large heat-sinks to keep them from burning out!
Stitchawl
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That's interesting! I also have LED torches (the yeti has more - although I don't think he has a 16 bulb one - yet
), and a couple of LED spots in the kitchen - and like you I've never noticed any real heat from them!