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Thanks everyone for your replys! First off, I don't have a good electronic store in my neighborhood that has a panel with sample LEDs so that one could tell what the LED will be like. So I'll have to order them online, without "seeing" them before. Looking at some of the LEDs that are available, I'm wondering about the MCD value of an LED and how to tell how bright it will be. Apparently, just because an LED has a high MCD rating, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is all around brighter then one with a lower MCD. It could be just very narrowly focused - exactly what I don't want! So, how can you tell the overall brightness of an LED without seeing it hooked up? Now, as far as I can tell, the type of LED that I'm looking for to light my buildings should be (a)bright, (b)have a warm white light and (c)should be diffused or at least wide angled. I found some LEDs that have one or even two of those trades, but I have yet to find one that has all three of them. Does any of you have a link to an LED that has all of those trades? And thanks again for everyones help! Kyle.
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