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|    Robert to Commander Kinsey    |
|    Re: Why do LEDs generate heat?    |
|    03 Oct 19 19:29:42    |
      XPost: uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair, alt.sci.physics       From: robert@invalid.invalid              On 03/10/2019 14:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:       > Why do LEDs generate heat? I want a technical answer not "because       > they're inefficient". And will we ever make them more efficient?       Besides the inefficiencies in the LED itself which other posters have       covered, LED lamps have some current regulation or power supply built-in       which will not be 100% efficient and thus generates heat.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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