LukeA,
Oooh, that is unfortunate for you since you have to get more Rebels, but this is also very nice of you to share your "modified" Rebels in the name of science to the CPF community. Thank you! I was pondering getting some myself for testing/playing. I noticed that those are built very ruggedly, and the whites, blues, royal blues, and greens seem to not have any bond wires connecting to the die (the red, red/orange, and amber do, I think).
Can you give us some more information? It seems like not too many people on the CPF ever end up doing any destructive testing on their LEDs (whether intentional or not).
-When the dome came off, did it come off cleanly? Was there any remaining silicone dome material sticking up that you had to cut off?
-Did any of the yellow phosphor cling to the removed dome, or did all or most of it stay on the die?
-Was it easy to remove the remaining phosphor from the die (was it adhered well)?
-Does the LED still light up well after the dome is gone?
Could you post a few more pictures of the Rebel next to the sheared off dome? If this happens again, would you mind positing more pictures? I was interested to see what happens with no dome, whether all the yellow phosphor material would stay on the die, and still operate well without the dome. Rebels seem to be built like a tank, like the K2, so that makes me feel even better about Lumiled's quality and design. Once again, thanks for sharing! This is valuable information to us!
-Tony
