Josey
Flashlight Enthusiast
What\'s acceptable LED overdrive?
My Lightwave 4000 drives 10 LEDs at 26 milliamps per bulb.
My Trek drives its 7 LEDs at 8.7mA each.
My LED reading lights vary from 3.2mA to 11.5mA per bulb (separate posting in General Lights).
So is there a good way to determine what these various currents will do to the life of the bulbs. Some of these bulbs are rated a 100,000 hours, but of course they will lose a lot of their brightness over that period. Will overdriving LEDs accelerate that dimming?
My Lightwave 4000 drives 10 LEDs at 26 milliamps per bulb.
My Trek drives its 7 LEDs at 8.7mA each.
My LED reading lights vary from 3.2mA to 11.5mA per bulb (separate posting in General Lights).
So is there a good way to determine what these various currents will do to the life of the bulbs. Some of these bulbs are rated a 100,000 hours, but of course they will lose a lot of their brightness over that period. Will overdriving LEDs accelerate that dimming?