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Originally Posted by bhaagjr
I am wanting to add some LEDs to my latest project. I have been looking at LED-SWITCH.COM. They have a ton of differant LEDs. I am wanting to add some 3mm lights to my truck and trailer. Looking at the web page they list DIFFUSED, and WATER CLEAR. Witch LEDs are you run on your truck? Could some one tell me differance between the two. Thanks for the help with this issue. Buddy
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Diffused LEDs have a colored lense. So if you buy diffused amber LEDs, their lense is amber colored, even when the LED is not 'on'.
Water colored LEDs have clear lenses, and when the LED is 'on' the color comes from the anode and cathode, not the lense itself, so when the LED is 'off', the lense is clear.
You can use either type of LED, with the same results, but if you are not installing the LED inside a light bucket, a cab clearance light, or something else with it's own colored lense, you may or may not want the clear lense LEDs.