Braxus
Newly Enlightened
Hey all. Kind of a n00b when it comes to LED lighting as I'm just starting to get into it. So please don't hurt me too much for my dumb questions.
I recently purchased two Luxeon V white stars. The bin on the wrapper says XY0R but what's printed on the back of the stars looks like to be XV0RW. I was wondering perhaps:
1. The sticker on the package is wrong.
-or-
2. The dot matrix printing on the aluminum heatsink often makes Y look like a V.
In any case, what type of tint can I expect from a Y0 and a V0 bin? Also, which bin is generally closest to true white?
There are also some other alphanumeric codes on the back of the aluminum heatsink but don't think anyone knows what the mean at the moment?
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Information I think I have correct:
X - 192-249.6 lumens
Y0/V0 - ??? white tint
R - 5.43-5.91 Vf
W - letter code for white LED
I already got the resistors to drive the LEDs close to 6.84v/700mA as that's what I saw from the Lux V spec sheet. Will it still be safe to drive them at that spec or will I eventually end up frying the emitter down the line since they're a lower spec'd R bin?
I recently purchased two Luxeon V white stars. The bin on the wrapper says XY0R but what's printed on the back of the stars looks like to be XV0RW. I was wondering perhaps:
1. The sticker on the package is wrong.
-or-
2. The dot matrix printing on the aluminum heatsink often makes Y look like a V.
In any case, what type of tint can I expect from a Y0 and a V0 bin? Also, which bin is generally closest to true white?
There are also some other alphanumeric codes on the back of the aluminum heatsink but don't think anyone knows what the mean at the moment?
-----------
Information I think I have correct:
X - 192-249.6 lumens
Y0/V0 - ??? white tint
R - 5.43-5.91 Vf
W - letter code for white LED
I already got the resistors to drive the LEDs close to 6.84v/700mA as that's what I saw from the Lux V spec sheet. Will it still be safe to drive them at that spec or will I eventually end up frying the emitter down the line since they're a lower spec'd R bin?