Anyone know a good supplier of cheap good quality Blue LEDS. Looking at getting around 200 to 400 for a future project. Anyone got any ideas where to look? Thanks for any help.
Ebay, forgot the name of "the Hong Kong guy" but somebody will have it. Or http://www.besthongkong.com/modules.php?name=catalog&file=index&cPath=2_4 Remember, if you're buying over £18 of stuff from abroad, you may end up paying 17.5% VAT on top.
That is expensive. Chi-Wing on e-bay: 100 blue http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26207&item=3869768875 3000mcd = £7.27 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26207&item=3869558546 15000mcd = £15.07 _C
I wouldn't use the LED's off Chi-Wing for anything important. The greens and blues have a high tendancy to fail, usually with an almost 0 ohm resistance. They're cheap for a reason. If you can put up with the poor manufacturing (I had half a pack of 100 with the flat edge on the anode (longest lead) , the rest were normal), then go for it.
They're still a good bargain though. Especially if you need lots and lots of LED's. The red, orange, amber, white and UV LED's are great - never had a problem with any of those colours. It depends on your application. Chi-wing have always delivered within a week of paying without fault.
wow, while ggogling trying to find some prices on leds, i found a site which contains a crapload of info on leds. http://members.misty.com/don/ledx.html it contains a page which lists some suppliers, but i don't think it's been updated in awhile...
Thank You Thanks for all the advice. Thought i'd round up the best one's i've found: www.world-leds.com is probably the best www.lsdiodes.com is best for quality LEDs and http://www.besthongkong.com/modules...index&cPath=2_4 is best for bulk buying of cheap/'poorer' quality LEDs Think I'll use world LED. Thanks anyway.
The red Ultrabright LEDs from Rapid are the best quality I've used, and at a reasonable cost if you buy in volume. Shame the pure green LEDs on there are 70p each. The 70-99p blue LEDs are very nice from there too, especially part numbers 55-1485, 55-1482 and 55-1480. They're quite a distinctive blue colour.
agray1 Must have missed something cause I can't see why you are saying that besthongkong produce "cheaper/poorer quality LED,s". Only used a few from them and they seemed ok to me.
