Answers.Body: <p>Ultra-violet radiation is emitted primarily by sunlight, mercury lamps, black lights. </p>
  
  <p>LEDs emitting visible light will not produce a significant amount of UV radiation required to discolour LEGO bricks. However, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#Ultraviolet_LEDs">LEDs can be manufactured to emit UV light</a>,</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm building a LEGO model and planning on lighting it with a bank of 5 battery operated LEDs. I know sunlight negatively affects several LEGO colors. Will a bright LED harm the elements in my MOC the same way sunlight would?   </p>
  
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Comments.Text: I assume these are small, battery operated LEDs? In which case heat shouldn't be too much of an issue - LEGO used to use the older style tungsten bulbs, so it should be fine.
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Title: Will using a bright LED to light my MOC harm my LEGO?
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ThreadText: # Will using a bright LED to light my MOC harm my LEGO?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-08-21)
  
  I'm building a LEGO model and planning on lighting it with a bank of 5 battery operated LEDs. I know sunlight negatively affects several LEGO colors. Will a bright LED harm the elements in my MOC the same way sunlight would?
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I assume these are small, battery operated LEDs? In which case heat shouldn't be too much of an issue - LEGO used to use the older style tungsten bulbs, so it should be fine.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2013-08-21. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  Ultra-violet radiation is emitted primarily by sunlight, mercury lamps, black lights.
  
  LEDs emitting visible light will not produce a significant amount of UV radiation required to discolour LEGO bricks. However, [LEDs can be manufactured to emit UV light](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet#Ultraviolet_LEDs),
  
  
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