Royal blue luxeon on a MadMax+?

[shankus]

I'm wondering what the typical forward voltage of a royal blue luxeon is, and if it would be happy on a MadMax+.

1. If someone has a royal blue w/NX05, what is the beam like? I understand that colimators may act differently with different wavelengths of light. Specifically, I'm interested in a RB high dome & NX05.

2. Does a royal blue provide enough visible light to see with, in addition to fluorescing?


My plan is to have a "bug hunt" light. I seem to be having a problem with vinagaroons & scorpions getting into my apartment. I'm thinking of conducting a search & destroy every other day or so, and I hope to find where they are ingressing my domicile.

 

[PeterB]

Hi Shankus,

the green, cyan, blue and royal blue LED's have the same VF as the white LED's (according to the data sheet typical 3.45). Only red, red-orange and amber have lower VF's (typical 2.95)

Therefore I don't see a problem with a royal blue on a MadMax+

 

[shankus]

Oh, I just remembered. Can they take the high current that a MadMax+ produces, about 800 mA?

 

[dat2zip]

Yes, all the 1Ws can be overdriven.

 

[LEDmodMan]

vinagaroons??? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Oh, VINEGAROONS!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ohgeez.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[shankus]

Oh, I guess I did misspell it.

 

[dat2zip]

Not familiar with that word. Is that some kind of critter?

 

[shankus]

It's an arachnid, related to a scorpion. Not venomous, though.