Julian Holtz
Enlightened
Hi!
In the meantime, I made my desklamps some more sophisticated.
Old thread here:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...with-awesome-brightness&p=3945157#post3945157
I decided to use these 50W LEDs instead of the LED strips.
http://www.wayjun.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=856
I chose the cold white version, which works out excellent as a work light.
I used the same driver as before, but now with a relais, as the current pulse at the beginning always burned out my switches.
I used Arctic cooling MX2 thermal paste. The LEDs are fixed by stainless steel bicycle spokes which are bent in a way that they constantly press the LEDs down. The surface of the aluminium was smoothed with 1000grit paper and slightly polished after that.
Before:
After:
Photo album:
http://imgur.com/a/lPyAo#2
http://imgur.com/a/voKaM#1
I cut a class panel to sit in the place where the aluminium sheet for the LED strips was located before.
I really like this mod much better! The light is brighter again, the lamp head provides good heatsinking, and these LEDs have a higher CRI.
In the meantime, I made my desklamps some more sophisticated.
Old thread here:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...with-awesome-brightness&p=3945157#post3945157
I decided to use these 50W LEDs instead of the LED strips.
http://www.wayjun.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=856
I chose the cold white version, which works out excellent as a work light.
I used the same driver as before, but now with a relais, as the current pulse at the beginning always burned out my switches.
I used Arctic cooling MX2 thermal paste. The LEDs are fixed by stainless steel bicycle spokes which are bent in a way that they constantly press the LEDs down. The surface of the aluminium was smoothed with 1000grit paper and slightly polished after that.
![we9KQ97.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fwe9KQ97.jpg&hash=e430e8f2bc6a905fe55a0dd5386fd583)
![nkU3n43.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FnkU3n43.jpg&hash=632b296d75f124cf18fd0cdbe2f1fc37)
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Before:
![pMmcVYd.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FpMmcVYd.jpg&hash=82bff696094b9b0598e13b7cb7abcdd6)
After:
![UK7D7Pm.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FUK7D7Pm.jpg&hash=31c4814813ccb15d6c8cb2be454ac27f)
Photo album:
http://imgur.com/a/lPyAo#2
http://imgur.com/a/voKaM#1
I cut a class panel to sit in the place where the aluminium sheet for the LED strips was located before.
I really like this mod much better! The light is brighter again, the lamp head provides good heatsinking, and these LEDs have a higher CRI.
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