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    Default Mounting a Luxeon on the star

    So I haven't found the cyan luxeon rebel in the shop, but I found it elsewhere but just the bare LED without star-base.

    How difficult is it to mount it on a star base (I think you know what I mean... can't find a better word for it)?

    And: If I bought the MHS heatsink module. Can I still change the LED?

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    For saber building purposes you need it on the star base. Unless you know how to re-flow solder and have all the necessary equipment for it, which many of us don't have. I've been in the hobby since 2000 and don't have that kind of equipment. All the MHS parts are designed with a star base in mind for easy installation into a saber.

    Your best bet would be to wait until the LED you want is on stock again in the store.
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    Thanks for the answer, that's the answer I was looking (but not hoping) for. I know this might be a little impolite to discuss it in the TCSS forum, but do you know where to get, let's say, a cyan luxeon on a star base? I'm having quite a hard time finding any of them online...

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    There are several people in this hobby who hand-solder SMD components on a regular basis. It takes a steady hand, a quality soldering iron, good eyesight (and/or magnification) and some practice.

    You could also get a RGB LED, and wire up the G and B in either parallel or series for a lovely cyan color.
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    What about white LEDs with color discs? Are they really that much darker than a coloured LED?

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    The reason we do not have any is because 95% of the time when you order a cyan you may as well have just ordered a green because that is what color it will be. In order to get a bin 1 or 2 I would need to order 1000 of them at a time which I do not really want to do. I am still working on a solution though..
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    The color discs work better with some colors than others. I don't know how well cyan works, but I've heard good things about yellow. Purple tends to get dark quickly if you're using discs.

    If you're set on cyan, your best bet is to do color mixing with a RGB setup, or to try the color discs.
    We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.

    http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz for the lazy man's resistor calculator!
    http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...e-to-Ohm-s-Law for getting resistor values the right way!

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