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Originally Posted by pwd72s View Post
I had treouble wrapping my head around the bit on the bulb test light drawing too much current % causing harm while the LED light doesn't...hope someone really into electrictronics can weigh in...
LEDs draw a FRACTION of the current that an incandescent bulb draws. Not only that, but they are DIODES. Current limiting devices.

That's why your LED light bulb in your ceiling light is so cheap to run, the watts are very small compared to the equivalent brightness incandescent.
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