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    What's the best battery to LED brightness, and life?

    Rogue, That's great info. I'm a neophyte, so please bear with me. If I have two batteries at 3v each... does this remain at 3v and I add the mA's together?
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    What's the best battery to LED brightness, and life?

    Awesome insight TEEJ! I only need it to light up an area within 4 inches, so that's a good thing. Think of a tea light that sits on your table top at events and parties. I'm not sure how to measure the LED output to battery power, and life expectancy. Is there a formula for this? Then I need...
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    What's the best battery to LED brightness, and life?

    Hi Jason, Regarding the lumens, this is where I get lost. I'm undecided on the LED type. Smaller physical size is always good, but ultimately the brightness of light is the most important. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks.
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    LED Light temperature for video

    Hi, Does anyone know how LED lights regulate visual temperature? I am considering buying a small light for video. Many of the lights say they can adjust the temperature from cool to warm color. Is this done within each LED bulb or mixing multiple LEDs of different temperatures? Thanks, Mardis
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    Basic electronics and lighting education

    Hi, I am an industrial designer and often work with electronic designs, but have very little understanding of them. I would like to change that. Does anyone have any recommendations for classes online or offline... or just good resources for learning? I am in San Francisco. Thanks for your...
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    What's the best battery to LED brightness, and life?

    Hi, I'm an industrial designer - purely aesthetic, no electrical background (yet). I am working with a factory that doesn't seem to offer a lot of input on my lighting project, so I thought I would reach out to the CPF community. I am building a small, high powered LED light that should run...

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