LEDengin 5w and 10W info and wiring guide....for noobs

[FenderBender]

What are you needing the Power Extender for? A stock FX board won't really run a LEDengin to even close its full potential. Also, 3 AAA batteries (if its a newer one) won't run it for crap. Unless you plan on gutting the entire saber in favor of a Petit Crouton, I'd stick with a DX RGB for the conversion.

[vvenom]

Ok all lets try this out and see if i can wire it up lol

G/W Foc setup
Source voltage = 7.4
diode forward voltage = 6.58
diode forward current (mA) = 1200

Resistor = 1 ohm 1.4 Watt capable so im thinking 1 ohm 1 watt resistor now will this be Bright enough or what should i do someone mentioned use 1/4 the wattage it says ???????

[StickStickly]

Just wondering.... Is a LED Engine 10watt whatever... the same size as a P4 or Lux Rebel ??? Im asking for heat sink mounting purposes.. I am planning on a build where the hilt diameter is a little smaller than the MHS bodies. Thanks

[Kevin Starwaster]

Just wondering.... Is a LED Engine 10watt whatever... the same size as a P4 or Lux Rebel ??? Im asking for heat sink mounting purposes.. I am planning on a build where the hilt diameter is a little smaller than the MHS bodies. Thanks

It's 3/4 of an inch across.

[Silver Serpent]

Yes, the LEDEngin stars are the same size as the P4 and rebel stars. 20mm.

[StickStickly]

Thanks !!

[StickStickly]

Hello again... Just wondering.. Is there a picture on how to #1 Wire in Parallel VS Series..... I know the pic at the front of this thread has a pic of Series wiring but not one of Parallel. I cant seem to find it anywhere.... Need to see a pic of the 10watt wired up in parallel Please?

#2 The pic on here I saw for a full powah ! set up wasnt... well.. in a way I could figure out... Is ther a pic of the LED wired up this way also ?

Thanks

[Kevin Starwaster]

Hello again... Just wondering.. Is there a picture on how to #1 Wire in Parallel VS Series..... I know the pic at the front of this thread has a pic of Series wiring but not one of Parallel. I cant seem to find it anywhere.... Need to see a pic of the 10watt wired up in parallel Please?

#2 The pic on here I saw for a full powah ! set up wasnt... well.. in a way I could figure out... Is ther a pic of the LED wired up this way also ?

Thanks

parallel wiring means that each of the LEDs + pads are connected directly to the PCs LED +output pads. The negative pads are likewise connected to the PCs LED negative pads. That could be a lot of wiring so instead you can connect the PC LED output+ pad to one of the LED+ pads and then connect that to one or more of the LED+ pads. do the same for the - pads.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Hello again... Just wondering.. Is there a picture on how to #1 Wire in Parallel VS Series..... I know the pic at the front of this thread has a pic of Series wiring but not one of Parallel. I cant seem to find it anywhere.... Need to see a pic of the 10watt wired up in parallel Please?

#2 The pic on here I saw for a full powah ! set up wasnt... well.. in a way I could figure out... Is ther a pic of the LED wired up this way also ?

Thanks

Here's one I did recently:

You can see there is a metal jumper (an extra piece of the wire used on a resistor) on the positive pads for the blue and green dies. That creates the parallel connection and will then require one wire for the led +. The negatives were to the separate pads for the leds, with a resistor on the blue to reduce the brightness to blend the colors for a specific shade. The two negatives were then soldered together just before the connector I used.

The specific shade being cyan:


The resistor was a 10ohm, 1 watt, but a lower wattage could also have been used. The 1 watt resistor was all I had on hand at the time.

[StickStickly]

So unlike series wiring... You bridge the + of the two dies you want making 1 + lead and then you have 2 seperate - leads where you can put the required resistor.. then merge the two - leads after the resistor and before the connector. Did I understand that correctly ? If so this was a very big help Thanks JGJ

Is there a pic around for a full powah ! set up ?