Easy question for modders

[wes_wall]

Hi:

Newbie here--

I am mainly interested in waterproof lights and just went crazy and bought some LED lenses and Cree Q-bin emitters on stars.

I am trying to figure out how to upgrade an old dive light with LEDs. Mechanically, and electronically I am fine (At least I don't know yet what I don;t know.) My question is two fold:

Can I safely remove the emitters from the stars?
and
Where can I buy bare Cree emitters?

DealExtreme only seems to sell the Cree MC-E as emitter only. At $20 each, I want to practice on some cheaper emitters first.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

 

[olrac]

If the emitters are reflow soldered you can probably heat the star up and should come right off, if epoxied then you might be out of luck. Do a search and you will find a number of threads detailing this procedure.

 

[DM51]

Welcome to CPF, wes_wall.

This does not belong in B/S/T. I'm moving it to H&M.