Any LED will work?
can you use any LED's? I actually have a whole roll of white LED's sitting next to me. I work at a sign shop and i always get LED modules in many different colors. Usually they are encased in a hard plastic square housing like this...
http://www.caogroup.com/PDF/OPTO/Min..._Datasheet.pdf
can you guys decipher the specs and let me know if they are feasible? I literally have dozens of these in white, orange, and amber,
Those will work fine if you want to construct a string blade, but for single source LED blades we use high power multi-watt LEDs, that probably put out 100x as much light as one of the ones in the roll you speak of.
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ok so what number am i looking for specifically? I mean the actual number. I figure lumens is the category, but am i looking for what number i saw in the store it said the white was 320 lumens?
Last edited by Natesroom; 07-13-2011 at 11:01 AM.
Anything over 100-120 will work, but the higher the better. Try to shoot for over 200. I personally believe there's no such thing as too high a lumen rating, so it's all about what you can find and fit. Sunrider's SSR90 puts out 2,000+
That said, the ones in the shop will be the best bang for your buck by far.
Last edited by KuroChou; 07-13-2011 at 12:37 PM.
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Unless I'm missing something, the average lumens per FOOT is 29 and you need 9 LEDs (in 3 LED sets) to achieve this luminance with an input of 12 volts. If I'm getting this right that means each LED runs at 12 volts producing 3.2 Lumens per LED @ 500-680 mA. Compared to a Luxeon Rebel Star, @ the low end, Blue running at 3.4 volts producing 58 Lumens @ 700mA. They may not be practical for this application unless, as KuroChou said, they are used in a String Blade. If I’m off in this would someone else chime in?
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Yeah those are the cheap LED's my boss buys for signs. I just checked and the same company that sold me these carries the luxeon rebel and has a nice chart of all the lumens at @1500a and @750 I'm gonna see if i can get some of them for free...
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