The company where i work uses leds for all sorts of projects. We have all sorts of customers, some want the lowest price, some want good quality stuff and others want both. Anyway, one needs to know what he is selling so i had a friend of mine test the lifetime of the leds we use for "cheap" projects and those we use for "high quality" projects.
Test:
Nichia White 5mm LED, 44000mcd, 10°, 20mA, NSPW500GS-K1-b1/b2-V/W
vs
Superbright White 5mm LED, 13000mcd, 20°, 20mA which is (as far as i know) one of the "best" 5mm leds from China.
Equipment: Optronic-Lab OL 770-LED Spectroradiometer
Test duration: 1360 hours
Forward current: 20mA
Ambient temperature: start 28°, 668h: 28°, 1340h: 31°
You noticed that the brightness of Nichia actually went up which i thought was strange. My friend told me its typical for Nichia leds: brightness goes up around 10% in the first 5000 hours. He also said that 20mA or 30mA wont affect Nichia that much but he is unsure about other leds.
ps: the purpose of this topic is to share what we discovered. It doesnt say buy this or dont buy that but only show the difference between at 10 cent led and a 90 cent led". What you do with this info or what you buy its your choice.
Test:
Nichia White 5mm LED, 44000mcd, 10°, 20mA, NSPW500GS-K1-b1/b2-V/W
vs
Superbright White 5mm LED, 13000mcd, 20°, 20mA which is (as far as i know) one of the "best" 5mm leds from China.
Equipment: Optronic-Lab OL 770-LED Spectroradiometer
Test duration: 1360 hours
Forward current: 20mA
Ambient temperature: start 28°, 668h: 28°, 1340h: 31°
You noticed that the brightness of Nichia actually went up which i thought was strange. My friend told me its typical for Nichia leds: brightness goes up around 10% in the first 5000 hours. He also said that 20mA or 30mA wont affect Nichia that much but he is unsure about other leds.
ps: the purpose of this topic is to share what we discovered. It doesnt say buy this or dont buy that but only show the difference between at 10 cent led and a 90 cent led". What you do with this info or what you buy its your choice.