Bins

[vertigo_2_20]

What do the different bin designations mean? I see things like Q2 bin, QC bin, and U-bin, and there may be others, but I have no idea what that actually means and I can't find any information about it.

 

[Marduke]

What do the different bin designations mean? I see things like Q2 bin, QC bin, and U-bin, and there may be others, but I have no idea what that actually means and I can't find any information about it.

Try the Welcome Mat
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=172991

Q: What's "bin"?
A: Bin codes are used to sort LEDs by luminous flux (lumen output at a specified drive level), color, tint, and Vf. For example, a U-bin Lux III will have more output than a T-bin Lux III at a set drive level. Commonly desirable flux bins (at the time of writing) are:
-Lux I: R or S
-Lux III: T or U
-Lux V: W or X
-XR-E: Q2 through R2
-SSC P4: U or V
-Rebel: 0080 or 0100

 

[vertigo_2_20]

I read this entire thread, and still am unclear on the bin designations. I asked there, but was told the information is in the wiki (not very good info on it there, and it didn't help me) and to ask elsewhere, so I'm back. I keep running across all sorts of various designations that aren't included and I'm having a tough time figuring out where they all fit in, so where do things like the Cree P4 (P4 sounds like the SSC designation, so that's confusing in itself), the Q4, the Q5, and any other common ones I may be forgetting lie in there?

 

[THE_dAY]

theres a pretty good chart at the bottom of the first post here:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=156772

 

[vertigo_2_20]

Thanks. That is exactly what I was looking for.