Artic Aluminad LED Removal

crackerkorean · Nov 13, 2007

Is it possible?
The only thing I can guess last night when was putting the bezel on my mag that I did it a little to night and the reflector damaged the LED or something.

Well the LED is on a star and I used artic alumina to attach it. Is it posssible some how to remove it?

I tried just taked the seoul LED off of the star and that was a misreable failure also. Is there a trick to it? I would like to have a triple light working. That would be nice.

IsaacHayes · Nov 13, 2007

Seoul stars they solder the LED on...

AA you can pry or sometimes hit it from the side to pop it off. Maybe get it cold and it would pop off easier? Or hot and it would soften up.

crackerkorean · Nov 13, 2007

IsaacHayes said:
Seoul stars they solder the LED on...

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Thats what I thought but I unsoldered the ears and the slug is still stuck really well. If I could remove it it wouldnt be a big deal.

I might just have to pop it off, hopefully I can.

Curious_character · Nov 14, 2007

I've gotten just about any epoxy loose by heating up the substrate with a soldering iron and prying. The heat softens the epoxy.

c_c

crackerkorean · Nov 14, 2007

I was able to pop it off with an awl that I have on an interchangeable screw driver. (Thanks 3com )

Nake · Nov 14, 2007

When I remove Cree emitters from stars, I put the star gently in a vise and apply heat with a propane torch to the bottom of the star. While doing this I have an X-Acto knife applying pressure at the edge of the emitter.

crackerkorean · Nov 15, 2007

Nake said:
When I remove Cree emitters from stars, I put the star gently in a vise and apply heat with a propane torch to the bottom of the star. While doing this I have an X-Acto knife applying pressure at the edge of the emitter.

I will have ot try this. Thanks a bunch.

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