all right David, you're the electronics wiz on here......
so thank you for that correct info.  They sure *act* like led's don't they -
nicely bright in the day time, etc.
scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: High beam blue light?

> At 06:15 PM 3/11/2009, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>It's barely a 'bulb'  after all, unless we want to consider light emitting
>>diodes as some form of bulb.
>
> Actually that one's an incandescent bulb -- blue LEDs hadn't been
> invented yet when Vanagons were built.  It has a blue cover that
> snaps over it that looks like an LED.
>
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
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