I'm really new to LED, especially the high powered ones. I was rcently testing a generic LED I bough on ebay
Here were the spec:
Now I was running it on a bench at 3.7V with a regulated power supply. Being new to this, I just screw the MCPCB onto a a 2 inch^2 0.1 inch thick piece of aluminium. It was running fine and all for 10 minute, temperature reach around 60C, then poof gone. It must have overheated:laughing:
Now I no longer have any LED to play with , I'm waiting for my order of Cree XRE P4 to come in.
So I'm wondering anyone have and idea how big of a heat sink I need?(flat piece of aluminium) It doesn't need to be super precise, but just enough and not too large. I won't be running it in a flashlight.
Here were the spec:
Product Number
LE-LL001
Product Name
High Brightness 3W 80 lm White Lumen LED, 1 pcs
Emitted Color
White
Intensity Typical
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]70 ~ 80 Lm [/FONT]
Viewing Angle
160°
Forward Voltage
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3.6V ~ 4.0V [/FONT]
Forward Current
650mA
Item Net Weight
10g / 0.4 oz
LE-LL001
Product Name
High Brightness 3W 80 lm White Lumen LED, 1 pcs
Emitted Color
White
Intensity Typical
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]70 ~ 80 Lm [/FONT]
Viewing Angle
160°
Forward Voltage
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3.6V ~ 4.0V [/FONT]
Forward Current
650mA
Item Net Weight
10g / 0.4 oz
Now I was running it on a bench at 3.7V with a regulated power supply. Being new to this, I just screw the MCPCB onto a a 2 inch^2 0.1 inch thick piece of aluminium. It was running fine and all for 10 minute, temperature reach around 60C, then poof gone. It must have overheated:laughing:
Now I no longer have any LED to play with , I'm waiting for my order of Cree XRE P4 to come in.
So I'm wondering anyone have and idea how big of a heat sink I need?(flat piece of aluminium) It doesn't need to be super precise, but just enough and not too large. I won't be running it in a flashlight.
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