Electronics Luxeon question....

Discussion in 'Modding' started by Phire, 17 Jul 2004.

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  1. Smilodon

    Smilodon The Antagonist

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    you actually get pretty many incandescents for 100$ ;)
     
    Smilodon, 21 Jul 2004
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  2. Phire

    Phire Performance-PCs.com

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    boo for yellow lighting :grr:
     
    Phire, 22 Jul 2004
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  3. star882

    star882 What's a Dremel?

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    CCFLs!
     
    star882, 22 Jul 2004
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  4. Smilodon

    Smilodon The Antagonist

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    halogen?... :p

    Anyway, i agree that a LED lamp is waaay cooler :thumb:
     
    Smilodon, 22 Jul 2004
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  5. SteveyG

    SteveyG Electromodder

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    A Metal Halide lamp would also give a nice white light
     
    SteveyG, 22 Jul 2004
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  6. Phire

    Phire Performance-PCs.com

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    /me looks at 9 white CCFLS sitting behind him
     
    Phire, 24 Jul 2004
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  7. Splynncryth

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    Splynncryth, 26 Jul 2004
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  8. lamcdonald

    lamcdonald What's a Dremel?

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    Speaking of Luxeons... Has anyone had a Luxeon die on them for no reason? I was testing a 1W white a few minutes ago, and it suddenly went out. It appears to be totally dead :waah: :( I was running it off 12V, with ~160-ohms resistance, which should give an LED current of around 55mA, certainly not enough to blow it :eyebrow: Must have been faulty?
     
    lamcdonald, 27 Jul 2004
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  9. coorz

    coorz Miffed

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    Ouch that must have hurt :waah: . Did you use higher wattage (1+) resistors? 1/4watts won't do...
    BTW luv that avatar :thumb:
     
    coorz, 27 Jul 2004
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  10. SteveyG

    SteveyG Electromodder

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    Was it heatsinked properly?
     
    SteveyG, 27 Jul 2004
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  11. lamcdonald

    lamcdonald What's a Dremel?

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    It was running on 1/6th of full current, so it wasn't even beginning to get warm (without a heatsink) :(

    coorz: Thanks :D I'm using this avatar on a couple of different forums at the moment.

    I was using 3x 470-ohm 1/4Ws in parallel, which gives around 156 ohms. They were barely getting warm.

    I've come to the conclusion that the LED must have been faulty, I could run a standard 5mm LED on that voltage/current without burning it out! :/
     
    lamcdonald, 29 Jul 2004
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