[TR] Red LEDs?

[TERRY SMITH]

Clearly I'm in the minority here, but I just went into the garage and looked close.  Turn signals are very bright and quite red. 

But of course that's just my experience.  Others' may vary.


Terry

> On May 1, 2018 at 9:47 PM gandcanderson at comcast.net wrote:
> 
>     According the Moss site the white LED bulb behind a red lens makes the light look pink.
> 
> 
>     ---------------------------------------------
>     From: glemon at neb.rr.com
>     To: "Geo Hahn" <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>
>     Cc: "Triumphs at Autox Team. Net" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
>     Sent: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 8:10:38 AM
>     Subject: Re: [TR] Red LEDs?
> 
>     Maybe I am wrong, but my rudimentary understanding of science and color, a white led would be brighter than an equivalent red or colored one.  
> 
>     I have white under my green turn signal lens and it works fine.  The only reason I can think of to use a red led is the white is so much brighter it would shine through the lens and make it look pale.
> 
>     Greg Lemon
>     TR250
> 
>     ---- Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:
>     > Yes, though I will leave the explanation to someone who took Physics in
>     > high school (that class didn't have enough girls in it to interest me).
>     >
>     > Geo
>     >
>     > On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 9:33 AM, wbeech <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:
>     >
>     > >
>     > > Finally decided to switch to LED bulbs for the TR3 stop/running lights.
>     > > ISTR
>     > > that LED bulbs for the rear should be red to go behind the red lenses.
>     > >
>     > > Am I correct in this thinking?
>     > >
>     > > Cheers,
>     > > Bill B
>     > > TS30800L
>     > >
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