Luminus leds?

[Bushman5]

anyone tried these yet? 1000 - 6000 lumens per Led depending on input of course.....

http://www.luminus.com/stuff/conten..._csm_360_w_product_datasheet_illumination.pdf

they also have a red led that is 1325 lumens, i would'nt mind getting about 10 and making a taillight for the bike.

http://www.luminus.com/content1461

anybody using these? they seem to be kicking CREE in the butt, in terms of lumens......

a little big for some flashlights...but maybe for a remote area lighting system or bike lights......

 

[Black Rose]

You'd get more hits if it was in the LED section, not the battery section.

 

[PeaceOfMind]

Actually yes, I have had an opportunity to play with some LEDs from the Luminus PhlatLight series. Yes, they are very bright.

Aside from being a bit big for a flashlight, in order to get that much light out, a huge amount of cooling is required. I worked for a company that used the Red Green Blue version of the PhlatLight series - they had to be cooled with a heatpipe attached to each, connected to large fins, which had air passed through them by a good size (120mm) fan.

I'm not saying you couldn't use these in a flashlight, but it would be quite a design challenge if you wanted to use them anywhere near the rated power.

(I'm just going by what I know from the model LEDs from this series that I played with, not sure about the specific model in the datasheet you linked to however)

 

[Bushman5]

sorry this should have been in LED section....oops

i think i might get a few of the 6000 lumen ones and build a portable lantern, using a big computer heatsink and cooling fan (mount the leds on the heatsink).

you will all get to laugh at my attempts at soldering....

 

[DM51]

sorry this should have been in LED section....oops

Yep, moving it now...

 

[BeachBoy]

1- they are almost impossible to find (even their SST-90 are hard to find and when you find some they are in lower bins)
see http://avnetexpress.avnet.com/store...proto=&rohs=&sel=M&storeId=500201&topSellers=

2- they are over $150 each!

30 I wonder when there will be optics or reflectors.. ledil doesn't even have the SST-90 ones out yet.