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Adam Aglionby
- Jan 1, 1970
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Peter Lowrie : http://www.geocities.com/ledaccelerator/9/index.html posted
over at www.candlepowerforums.com this is my reply interspersed with Mr
Lowries original post :
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It aint a con or snake oil, it's for real. I have made no claims as to
efficiency.
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I am pleased you have found your way here Mr Lowrie.
Indeed my mis-interpretation of efficiency calims, in fact increased output
claims, I do apologise.
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1 LED = Diode = 1/2 thermocouple, how can I say much about how it works
without giving the game away.
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Well thermocouple generates a voltage in proportion to applied heat, are you
confusing this with the peltier effect where the reverse is to an extent
true?
Indeed, one of the difficuties you appear to have is offering protection for
any potential investor.
You are seeking substantial investment.
An investor either looks for international competently drafted Patents and
applications, a whole other subject in itself.
OR
A `trade secret` like Coca - Cola`s secret recipe for instance.Your reply to
my question about protectable trade secrets in sci.engr.lighting on 19th
November 2003,meassage i.d. [email protected] was
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All WOULD be revealed!!
eter Lowrie
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My claim is that it makes LEDs, at least, a little more useful and up to
four times brighter.
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It is a bold claim, 4 times brighter would indeed be a useful gain, but at
what cost, in efficiency, life, lumen maintenance and colour shift?
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The circuit per se is not to be found in any electronics hobby project
publications.
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I do stick with my oroginal assertion of the 20th November in
sci,engr.lighting, [email protected]
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`scope regrettably, is not a magic wand, trust that I have at times wished
that it was, it can only tell you things about voltage over time, and for
960,000 dollars I want something that isn`t in the Radio Shack LED Projects
for Beginers book......
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Wether explicitly or not in a hobbyist or reference electronic text, for USD
$960,000 exclusive and PROTECTABLE rights to the technology are essential.
I suspect your lack of even a Patent Application is a sign that as can be a
problem with Patents, you have been beaten with Prior Art and you are aware
you have.
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That I thought of it first, and you did not think of the idea until I posted
info on it, is reason to be sceptical and curious, as opposed to judgmental
and bad mannered.
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I must admit to still being mystified as to what your idea is and how it is
supposed to work.
Unfortunately as we have previously agreed LED land is infested with dubious
claims from dis-ingenuous characters.
Someone appearing claiming to boost LED brightness by 4 times, an obvious
lack of knowledge of the state of the art in LEDs and absolutely no proof or
demonstration to back up there claims, is likely to meet a less than
rapturous reception, in a newsgroup that is dedicated to the most technical
aspects of lighting.
Consistently failing to provide any backing for your claims is ill mannered
and liable to encourage less than flattering judgement.
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I suppose we could mount the LED in liquid Nitrogen, that would work. ;-)
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As far as I remember ther are some difficulties with actually getting an LED
to work at these temperatures, hopefully someone could fill in some more of
the detail.
The development of blue and white LEDs was down to the determination of one
man Shuji Nakamura.
New Zealand is the home of the innovative stage lighting manufacturer
Selecon.
It is not impossible that you Mr Lowrie have developed a new way of driving
LEDs that has evaded the resources of much larger corporations.
However until you provide proof of your invention/development actual
operation that matches your claim for it, many will remain unconvinced.
This reply to your post on www.candlepowerforums.com will be crossposted to
usenet sci.engr.lighting and scie.electronics.design.
To qualify your claim will you provide a working sample, on receipt of a
binding non-disclosure agreement, to a member of one of these groups for
independent testing?
Adam
over at www.candlepowerforums.com this is my reply interspersed with Mr
Lowries original post :
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
It aint a con or snake oil, it's for real. I have made no claims as to
efficiency.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
I am pleased you have found your way here Mr Lowrie.
Indeed my mis-interpretation of efficiency calims, in fact increased output
claims, I do apologise.
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
1 LED = Diode = 1/2 thermocouple, how can I say much about how it works
without giving the game away.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Well thermocouple generates a voltage in proportion to applied heat, are you
confusing this with the peltier effect where the reverse is to an extent
true?
Indeed, one of the difficuties you appear to have is offering protection for
any potential investor.
You are seeking substantial investment.
An investor either looks for international competently drafted Patents and
applications, a whole other subject in itself.
OR
A `trade secret` like Coca - Cola`s secret recipe for instance.Your reply to
my question about protectable trade secrets in sci.engr.lighting on 19th
November 2003,meassage i.d. [email protected] was
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
All WOULD be revealed!!
eter Lowrie----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
My claim is that it makes LEDs, at least, a little more useful and up to
four times brighter.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
It is a bold claim, 4 times brighter would indeed be a useful gain, but at
what cost, in efficiency, life, lumen maintenance and colour shift?
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
The circuit per se is not to be found in any electronics hobby project
publications.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
I do stick with my oroginal assertion of the 20th November in
sci,engr.lighting, [email protected]
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
`scope regrettably, is not a magic wand, trust that I have at times wished
that it was, it can only tell you things about voltage over time, and for
960,000 dollars I want something that isn`t in the Radio Shack LED Projects
for Beginers book......
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Wether explicitly or not in a hobbyist or reference electronic text, for USD
$960,000 exclusive and PROTECTABLE rights to the technology are essential.
I suspect your lack of even a Patent Application is a sign that as can be a
problem with Patents, you have been beaten with Prior Art and you are aware
you have.
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
That I thought of it first, and you did not think of the idea until I posted
info on it, is reason to be sceptical and curious, as opposed to judgmental
and bad mannered.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
I must admit to still being mystified as to what your idea is and how it is
supposed to work.
Unfortunately as we have previously agreed LED land is infested with dubious
claims from dis-ingenuous characters.
Someone appearing claiming to boost LED brightness by 4 times, an obvious
lack of knowledge of the state of the art in LEDs and absolutely no proof or
demonstration to back up there claims, is likely to meet a less than
rapturous reception, in a newsgroup that is dedicated to the most technical
aspects of lighting.
Consistently failing to provide any backing for your claims is ill mannered
and liable to encourage less than flattering judgement.
Quote:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
I suppose we could mount the LED in liquid Nitrogen, that would work. ;-)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
As far as I remember ther are some difficulties with actually getting an LED
to work at these temperatures, hopefully someone could fill in some more of
the detail.
The development of blue and white LEDs was down to the determination of one
man Shuji Nakamura.
New Zealand is the home of the innovative stage lighting manufacturer
Selecon.
It is not impossible that you Mr Lowrie have developed a new way of driving
LEDs that has evaded the resources of much larger corporations.
However until you provide proof of your invention/development actual
operation that matches your claim for it, many will remain unconvinced.
This reply to your post on www.candlepowerforums.com will be crossposted to
usenet sci.engr.lighting and scie.electronics.design.
To qualify your claim will you provide a working sample, on receipt of a
binding non-disclosure agreement, to a member of one of these groups for
independent testing?
Adam
