MC-E Driver for an SSC P7

[clint357]

I went to the usual place for SSC P7 drivers and accidentially ordered 3 MC-E drivers. How many lumens do you think I'll lose driving a P7 with an MC-E board?

 

[Fallingwater]

It all depends on the board. They can often be interchanged.

 

[clint357]

I know that the MC-E is suposed to be driven at 3.4v and the P7 around 3.6-3.7v. Now I'm just wondering if it's worth taking my lights apart to switch the drivers out for the correct ones.

 

[Justin Case]

What voltage bin for the P7? What driver specifically?

 

[clint357]

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12721
http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=6386

 

[Justin Case]

Some of the user comments for the DX SSC P7 seem to suggest that the voltage bin is I-bin (3.25V-3.50V), even though the ad implies J-bin (3.50V to 3.75V). Either way, these small voltage differences vs. an MC-E (in 4P) probably don't matter.

The driver is claimed to be constant current. The ad copy also says:

-Be compatible to CREE/N2---P4---Q5---R2---R4---MC-E；SSC/P4—P7；

 

[yellow]

if its some junk parallel driver --> has no effect at all, MC-E and P7 are the same then

if its a series driver (as should be with a series mounted MC-E) -->