Edison Opto KLC8 Emitter Advice?

[mahoney]

I want to try a few of these in modding some lights but I have not seen much about them. Anything I should know about? Should I isolate the slug or not? Any modifications necessary to get them to focus in a McR? Etc.

 

[Long John]

mahoney, yes you'll have to isolate the bottom of the Led (+ current), same way like the SSC's.
The diameter of the die is like the LuxIII's, so the common LuxIII-reflectors will fit.

Best regards

____
Tom

 

[sortafast]

I have used a couple in some lights I have built, and they are alright. My only complaint is that they have a yellowish ring around the hotspot. I left a bike light i built on for about 30mins on the counter and it got really hot, and I think the dome pulled away from the LED, and now its got a very small hot spot and alot of yellow around it. I never got this with the crees. I still have a few more that I am gonna play with, but I think I am going to switch to the crees or the SSC. But yes, isolate the bottom. I have been using Kahtod optics with my edisons, and the narrow beam seem best from them, as the wider beam optics seem to be noticeably less efficient and the narrow beam gives the same coverage. But the Luxeon reflectors that I have floating around seem to work quite well with them.

 

[mahoney]

Thanks!

 

[light_emitting_dude]

The KLC8 in an easy lux 3 swap. Done several here. Other than the yellow corona, I really like them.

 

[nanotech17]

The KLC8 in an easy lux 3 swap. Done several here. Other than the yellow corona, I really like them.

me too and it's even cheaper at Kai's.
I mod my kids flashlight (those colourful mxdl 1 x cr123 from DX) with this LED
which i flipped over the stock LED as a heatsink and run it with protected UF rcr123 and wow that light is bright and floody.
Good for the kidz and last about 30-45 minutes per charge.

 

[nanotech17]

my modded mag 2d ssc p4 with 1A AMC7135 driver
has a disappointing output,so i decided to swap the
emitter with Edison Opto KLC8.
Test it for 1 hour straight with protected
UF 188650 2400mah and i'm happy despite the yellow ring.
Better than SSC P4,no colour shift tint and the mag body
was slightly warm.How i wish i have a light meter

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