noob question

Tango · Nov 16, 2006

I recently started looking around the LED area of this site having tried a friends flashlight and thought I might get an LED myself (always used incans up til now) and reading about different flashlight specs got a bit confused.

What in very simple terms i sthe difference between the differnet "bins" I've been reading about such as TY0J and UX1K?

Christexan · Nov 16, 2006

In simplest terms "brightness"; "Tint"; and "Voltage" are the main 3 bin factors folks here look at...

Visit this site for Luxeon binning details (Cree and others have their own methods, similar, visit the respective websites for details...

http://lumileds.com/pdfs/AB21.pdf

Jay R · Nov 16, 2006

In simple terms, The BIN codes contain three details. How bright they are, the tint ( Pure white, yellowish, greenish, blueish, etc ) and the optimum voltage to run it at.

You can exceed the binned voltage and it will be brighter but the life of the LED will be cut.

People like different tints for different reasons. Pure white is bright but does not show colours as well as a slightly yellowish tint.

jch79 · Nov 16, 2006

This is from CPF's very own Wayne Yamaguchi, aka dat2zip on CPF, aka The Sandwhich Shoppe website, which we all need & love!

http://home.comcast.net/~theledguy/bin_codes/index.htm

Pretty good information.

john

carrot · Nov 16, 2006

Most times you don't *need* to know bin codes. A good real introduction to fairly inexpensive, yet good and bright LED lights would be to get a Fenix, from Fenix-Store.com. My personal favorite is the L2T, which is around the same size as a Maglite Mini 2AA

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