LED lights [RE-wrenches]

[Lee Tavenner, Solar Plexus]

I'd toss it around with Bob at Alpenglow.  406-889-3586.
Lee

"Allan Sindelar, Positive Energy, Inc." wrote:

> Wrenches,
> We have an opportunity to design, sell, and install some stand-alone LED
> lighting packages for a local subdivision. Each will illuminate a single
> 14X11 street address sign for a home. All will be highly visible. We expect
> to contract for 25-100 of the units. The parameters are aesthetics,
> reliability, and function; it's not a price-driven job, as we are the only
> ones who have told the contractor that we can provide a good solution.
> We have done one-off LED lighting systems, but one-off means a lot of labor
> relative to the size of the job. Because there's a quantity to build, we're
> looking for suggestions on clean ways to build these.
> Holly Solar's name comes up first, as they are doing some very creative and
> artistic work with decorative copper LED sculptures, and could surely do
> custom work at a reasonable price. But Holly's quality control is erratic at
> best--some of their stuff works fine, some fails right out of the box, so
> they're not our first choice.
> So I imagine that 3-6 "superbright white LEDs" would be plenty, with the
> light about one foot or less out from the sign, or else above it, shining
> obliquely on the signs. We're trying to "think outside the box" of 12V. We
> suspect perhaps 4 AA nicads and a tiny 6V PV module would work for charging.
> Has anyone done this? Any good importers of high-quality Chinese LED
> lighting packages? Are the 6V round modules Alpan used for their units
> available, and are they a good approach? Would a charge controller be
> needed? What would make a good photocell? Please reply with ideas,
> suggestions and sources for creative solutions for this application.
> Thank you all.
> Allan at Positive Energy
>
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