PhlatLight SST-90 1xC IMR 26650 build

[LED Zeppelin]

ma_sha1, I'm looking forward to seeing your finished light and the beam in the smooth reflector. The SST-50 in a smooth reflector wasn't as pretty as I expected, but it does throw well.

That heatsink is an impressive hunk.

I love the recycled host. There's something so liberating about building and using lights where a scratch isn't devastating.

 

[Aircraft800]

No joy at AvNet, no 90s in stock... plenty of SST-50 W65 bin emitters [bare] looks like LONG wait time [21 weeks] for SST90s. Anyone know of a base [star] for the SST emitters?

^G

I would give them an email or a call. They had a 19 week on my original order for the SST90, I canceled it and elected for the SST50, then I got an email the 90 was available in limited quantity

Looks like their website is not always accurate!

 

[^Gurthang]

AC800,

I'm not surprised that the AvNet inventory list is behind, also not surprised w/ the lead times from Luminus either. Hopefully AvNet will get some star mounted emitters soon I'm reluctant to try soldering direct to the die on an $$$ bit like a 50 or a 90.

^G

 

[moviles]

I prefer with star too (SSR-90)

I have 2 x SSR-50 and one SSR-90

the SSR-90 its realy awesome I realy love it, I want buy more but no stock anywhere:mecry::hairpull:

we can buy from photonfanatic with free ship :thumbsup:...... but no stock
http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?t=197619

we can order too from avnet the low bin GK100 for 35 $ and the high bin GN100 for 43$ but no stock too and ship price to Europe its 78$


low bin (GK100 min 600 lum @ 3.2 amp):
http://avnetexpress.avnet.com/store...d=500201&langId=-1&storeId=500201&listIndex=5

high bin (GN100 min 1000 lum @ 3.2 amp):
http://avnetexpress.avnet.com/store...=500201&langId=-1&storeId=500201&listIndex=14

 

[jar3ds]

wow.... need beamshots / comparison to your Mag85~!!

 

[ma_sha1]

LED LED Zeppelin,

My project is on hold, I poofed the sample SST-90:mecry:.
Perhaps due to my excessive trimming of the star or something & could have let to a short, don't know, but it's dead.

My SST-90/SMO beam was full of artifacts too, so I am going to try
OP P7 reflector next when top bin SST-90 comes out.
I am a white wall hunter, so the SMO is out. I saw your SST-60 build, beautiful work!

Thanks for the kind words on the Kel-lite host.

ma_sha1, I'm looking forward to seeing your finished light and the beam in the smooth reflector. The SST-50 in a smooth reflector wasn't as pretty as I expected, but it does throw well.

That heatsink is an impressive hunk.

I love the recycled host. There's something so liberating about building and using lights where a scratch isn't devastating.

 

[bshanahan14rulz]

what part is fried, ma-sha? is the actual chip or phosphor burnt?

 

[ma_sha1]

Just ordered a Top Bin SST-90 from Avnet,

I heard that they actually ship out-of-stock faster than indicated
after ordering:

SSR-90 (SST-90 on Star) 57K, N Bin (GN201)

Let's see how long will I have to wait to get it

 

[moviles]

Just ordered a Top Bin SST-90 from Avnet,

I heard that they actually ship out-of-stock faster than indicated
after ordering:

SSR-90 (SST-90 on Star) 57K, N Bin (GN201)

Let's see how long will I have to wait to get it

nice:twothumbs

now I want buy too one :

SSR-90-W65S-R11-GN100 (6500k) top bin 1000 [email protected] 2250 lum@9A


or maybe one:

SSR-90-W57S-R11-GN200 (5700k) top bin 1000 [email protected] 2250 lum@9A

but the only way to buy are from avnet 45$ + 78$ ship cost to europe

 

[Aircraft800]

nice:twothumbs

now I want buy too one :

SSR-90-W65S-R11-GN100 (6500k) top bin 1000 [email protected] 2250 lum@9A


or maybe one:

SSR-90-W57S-R11-GN200 (5700k) top bin 1000 [email protected] 2250 lum@9A

but the only way to buy are from avnet 45$ + 78$ ship cost to europe

That's CRAZY shipping. I'm sure there is someone who could forward them to you from the US for cheaper. Isn't there also a Avnet Europe?

 

[Techjunkie]

My appetite is wet for: SSR-90-W57S-R11-GN200 (5700k) top bin 1000 [email protected] 2250 lum@9A

Is 5700k considered neutral white territory? Or is that just the warmer end of cool white? (Sorry, being lazy, I know.)

Also, I'd really like to see how one of these focuses with a 2.5" throwmaster SMO.

 

[ma_sha1]

My appetite is wet for: SSR-90-W57S-R11-GN200 (5700k) top bin 1000 [email protected] 2250 lum@9A

Is 5700k considered neutral white territory? Or is that just the warmer end of cool white? (Sorry, being lazy, I know.)

Also, I'd really like to see how one of these focuses with a 2.5" throwmaster SMO.

I am not sure there is a Agreeable definition of "Neutral" Light,
but Sunlight at High Noon on a clear day is 55K, so 57K is close to perfect if you consider Sun Light being Neutral.

Other than this, it'll be 65K, I tried one sample & it's too blue.
Or 45K or less, which is more warm ( i don't like warm bins) but only produce in lower flux bin. The top N-bin SST/SSR-90 only exist in
57K & 65K. So this is just about the ideal bin.

I just hope they will actually go get one for me!


BTW, I think the GN201 is better than GN200, but I am not sure what exactly is different,
I think the GN200 is "grab bag" random pick after the Flux & kelvin being fixed.

 

[Techjunkie]

I am not sure there is a Agreeable definition of "Neutral" Light,
but Sunlight at High Noon on a clear day is 55K, so 57K is close to perfect if you consider Sun Light being Neutral.

Other than this, it'll be 65K, I tried one sample & it's too blue.
Or 45K or less, which is more warm ( i don't like warm bins) but only produce in lower flux bin. The top N-bin SST/SSR-90 only exist in
57K & 65K. So this is just about the ideal bin.

I just hope they will actually go get one for me!


BTW, I think the GN201 is better than GN200, but I am not sure what exactly is different,
I think the GN200 is "grab bag" random pick after the Flux & kelvin being fixed.

I think you're probably right about 201 being premium over 200. I had a look at the avnet catalog and I think I have my sights set on the 4500k bin labeled as 850 lumen (presumably at 3.2A). I like the warmer side of neutral, or the neutral side of warm over the cooler neutrals and the warmer warms, so I think the W45S is probably for me. (If I recall, the HID upgrade that had everyone raving was a 4300k bulb, and I remember liking those beamshots a lot, so 4500k sounds about right to me.)

 

[Al Combs]

BTW, I think the GN201 is better than GN200, but I am not sure what exactly is different,
I think the GN200 is "grab bag" random pick after the Flux & kelvin being fixed.

The SST-90 pdf has the CIE chart on page 4 with the way Luminus breaks it down. But you have to look at page 24 of PhlatLight Binning and Labeling pdf to see which blocks in the CIE map belong to which kit ordering codes.

I think you are correct about GN201 being the "better" kit code. GN201 eliminates the EH bin (cat pee green) and the DJ (purplish) bin that are included in GN200. It only includes the bins H4, H3, J4 and J3. They are the 4 bin colors closest to the BBL (black body locus).

 

[ma_sha1]

what's Black body Locus?

 

[Al Combs]

Here's a Wiki link on the Planckian locus that should explain it better than I can. Lots of different links in this definition that make interesting reading. This is one of those things that I have an idea what it is, but can't describe very well in ten words or less. It's that dotted line running down the center of those CIE charts meant to show the color of an LED. An object with a CRI of 100 has its output on this line for each wavelength of light you observe. The term black body is used to imply the source adds no color of its own. If you heated up a black body to 6,000° Kelvin, you would have sunlight.

That's the part I find confusing. Since sunlight is made of many different wavelengths, why is its color temperature represented by just one number? A halogen bulb also has a CRI close to 100 even though its color temperature is ≈ 3,200°K. Is it just the Color temperature of the dominant wavelength? Dunno.:thinking:

 

[ma_sha1]

Thanks for the link,
but that article got me lost big time! I have no idea what those explanations means.

Anyway, in Laymen's terms, bottom line seems to be that the 201 eliminated the chance of getting "pee green" tint for a few more dollars, that's def. worth it!

I've seen only one "Pee Green" tint, in a good bin DSXOJ P7,
I had several good DSXOJ, except one got the slight "pee green",
I must looked at the beam 1500 ways day in & day out & it's still there,
just enough to bother me, finally I got rid of it.

Guess where all the "pee green" tints will end up? The 200 Grab bag? Don't do it :hahaha:

 

[ma_sha1]

Just received my Top Bin GN201 (The highest Bin), 57K SSR-90.
& finally finished this Mod. In the end,
I used the DX P7 OP reflector instead of the smooth one, perfect beam!


Shoot out:

Left: Mag 1D host 1185, 3x17670
Middle: Kel-lite 2C host SSR-90, 1xIMR 26670, Top Flux Bin GN201, 57K Neutral Tint
Right: Shower-head conversion SSC-P7, D-Bin nice tint: DSVNJ

Beam Shots:
Left: SSR-90, 57K GN201----------Right P7 DSVNJ

Left: SSR-90----------------------Right Mag 1185

The following stairway shoot-out camera setting:
1/50
F2.6
ISO400

Mag 85

SSR-90

 

[ma_sha1]

Outdoor Shots

ISO800
1/10 sec
F3.2

P7

Mag 85

SSR-90 57K, Top Bin

ISO 800
1/5 Sec.
F3.2

P7

Mag85

Top Bin 57K SSR-90

 

[wquiles]

Dude - very impressive indeed

Where were you able to order the top bin from?

Will