UK User Just got 1 Watt LED

UK Owl

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Feb 15, 2003
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Wales, UK
Hi All,

Just to let any UK users out there know about my latest purchase. I finally got me a 1 Watt White LED.

OK it was not a Luxeon, but it is one of the clones.

I got it through this E-Bay auction, it turns out the company has a website here, but this looks to be in a very early stage of developement.

Payment was sent Tuesday night by paypal, and it arrived in the post today (Thurday).

It came with a slip stating it had been tested, but I could not wait to try it myself.

I powered it up at both 100 and 200 mA, and was impressed with the result. The colour seems to be a nice even white with none of the horrible green or bluish tint I have on occasion experienced with low cost white LED's.

I have never used a Luxeon Star so I can not offer comments on how they compare.

There is a slight yellowish/brown ring on the outside of the beam, but I will have to look how this operates when driven at full power.

My only compliant is the heatsink disk it is fitted on is slightly too large to allow a quick AA M*glight mod.

Ah well...

Guess I'll have to mod something now !
 
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