Illum
Flashaholic
I'm looking around the house and I noticed that there are certain places that are just dim by default...due to the nature of the fixtures, even a 60W CFL is dim :shakehead
I was thinking to myself...again with what brlux has done to his apartment and what gizmo did to his Maui home. If I was going to discard the existing fixture and mount a junction box at its location with something like a xitanium driver I can stuff a 1/8" aluminum plate on the ceiling. 2-3 CREE XR-Es driven at 350ma each should sufficiently light a 4' by 5' room thats 6' high while keeping the temperature down. the aluminum plate can be painted over to match the color of the ceiling
My logic is, the efficiency of a CREE driven at 700ma would be lower than the same LED being driven at 350ma so why not split to 2 LEDs, increase output while distributing 700ma worth of heat more evenly?
[Question 1][Answered
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Here is my issue, A xitanium (350ma) has a good value if your driving like 5-8 LEDs. Retrofitting each AC fixture with a xitanium (350ma) just to drive 1-3 LEDs is going to be hilariously expensive...anyone know of an AC LED driver that is <$30 and is optimized to drive 1-3 LEDs at 350ma in series?
I'm finally able to say this, I AM SICK OF RESISTORS! they were fun and simple but thats assuming your battery's always full.:candle:
[Question 2]
Anyone know what the current draw of the Zebralite H50 using alkalines on high is? I've clipped the H50 on the shower drapes and used it to shower [gotta love eneloops] and the light output is just perfect as a shower stall light, which this house lack and as a result only until mold grows to an uncontrolled rate before you can see anything is amiss...having flashlights around helps but I prefer to have a more permanent approach.
[Question 3][Answered
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As for the garage, I'm inclined to use extruded aluminum as a header of sorts and mount a row of CREEs where the florescent light is, 2' above the table, I'm hoping if I can orient the LEDs pointing toward the far end of the table rather than directly down to reduce glare. I was wondering if theres any AC LED drivers out there that has 12V output or greater because I'm thinking of installing box fans in the extruded aluminum to promote cooling. 3 fans one between two extruded aluminum bars all blowing in one direction. I'm probably going to wire them up to a 12V 1A wall wort and the CREEs to a xitanium (700ma) driver. The work bench is about 5 feet long and I plan to mount 8 CREE XR-Es offset about 6" between each LED. this is all in planning of course...but I'm hoping by the end of the year I can have it done.
[Question 4][Answered
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Anyone know where to buy CREE XR-Es aside from DX?
I know cutter has them but I can't figure out cutters website, they put everything together. optics, PCB, and LEDs in the same page...I dunno what link goes to what and 30 minutes later I walk out the door in frustration and proceed to throw citrus into the lake, then return and try again:shakehead
Digikey has a few, but they are about $9 each
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=XREWHT-L1-R250-009E5CT-ND
please tell me if theres a cheaper alternative again aside from DX please
I'll be buying up to ~20 CREE XR-Es [anywhere from P4-Q5 is fine as long as the vf is matched]
thank you!
I was thinking to myself...again with what brlux has done to his apartment and what gizmo did to his Maui home. If I was going to discard the existing fixture and mount a junction box at its location with something like a xitanium driver I can stuff a 1/8" aluminum plate on the ceiling. 2-3 CREE XR-Es driven at 350ma each should sufficiently light a 4' by 5' room thats 6' high while keeping the temperature down. the aluminum plate can be painted over to match the color of the ceiling
My logic is, the efficiency of a CREE driven at 700ma would be lower than the same LED being driven at 350ma so why not split to 2 LEDs, increase output while distributing 700ma worth of heat more evenly?
[Question 1][Answered
Here is my issue, A xitanium (350ma) has a good value if your driving like 5-8 LEDs. Retrofitting each AC fixture with a xitanium (350ma) just to drive 1-3 LEDs is going to be hilariously expensive...anyone know of an AC LED driver that is <$30 and is optimized to drive 1-3 LEDs at 350ma in series?
I'm finally able to say this, I AM SICK OF RESISTORS! they were fun and simple but thats assuming your battery's always full.:candle:
[Question 2]
Anyone know what the current draw of the Zebralite H50 using alkalines on high is? I've clipped the H50 on the shower drapes and used it to shower [gotta love eneloops] and the light output is just perfect as a shower stall light, which this house lack and as a result only until mold grows to an uncontrolled rate before you can see anything is amiss...having flashlights around helps but I prefer to have a more permanent approach.
[Question 3][Answered
As for the garage, I'm inclined to use extruded aluminum as a header of sorts and mount a row of CREEs where the florescent light is, 2' above the table, I'm hoping if I can orient the LEDs pointing toward the far end of the table rather than directly down to reduce glare. I was wondering if theres any AC LED drivers out there that has 12V output or greater because I'm thinking of installing box fans in the extruded aluminum to promote cooling. 3 fans one between two extruded aluminum bars all blowing in one direction. I'm probably going to wire them up to a 12V 1A wall wort and the CREEs to a xitanium (700ma) driver. The work bench is about 5 feet long and I plan to mount 8 CREE XR-Es offset about 6" between each LED. this is all in planning of course...but I'm hoping by the end of the year I can have it done.
[Question 4][Answered
Anyone know where to buy CREE XR-Es aside from DX?
I know cutter has them but I can't figure out cutters website, they put everything together. optics, PCB, and LEDs in the same page...I dunno what link goes to what and 30 minutes later I walk out the door in frustration and proceed to throw citrus into the lake, then return and try again:shakehead
Digikey has a few, but they are about $9 each
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=XREWHT-L1-R250-009E5CT-ND
please tell me if theres a cheaper alternative again aside from DX please
I'll be buying up to ~20 CREE XR-Es [anywhere from P4-Q5 is fine as long as the vf is matched]
thank you!
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