Indeed, these are two technologies that could match up very well, although infrastructure issues (e.g. parallel AC and DC wiring) are non-trivial.
Just a note: the voltage can be modified by running them in series. A typical red LED runs at a voltage of 1.4V DC, but if you have a 24V DC supply, you can run 16 of them in series with a relatively small current-control resistor. Similarly, solar panels can be linked in series to get more voltage, which is good for distribution systems. (Resistive power transmission loss drops as voltage increases.)
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Date: 2007-12-24 06:56 pm (UTC)Just a note: the voltage can be modified by running them in series. A typical red LED runs at a voltage of 1.4V DC, but if you have a 24V DC supply, you can run 16 of them in series with a relatively small current-control resistor. Similarly, solar panels can be linked in series to get more voltage, which is good for distribution systems. (Resistive power transmission loss drops as voltage increases.)