What is the hottest safe temperature for an LED before damage might occur? I bought an infrared thermometer and testing some boosted lights. Thanks.
Thanks all, please bear with me while I'm learning. Tonight, I tested the r50vn and m43vn, ran them turbo until the light got too hot to touch, which was around 110 -115 F at the hottest point outside the light near the head/collar area. I'm guessing that th LED will be hotter than the heat sink and light body. Does anyone know at what temps these types of lights usually step down if they have thermal protection? I would like to know approximately how hot I can run these lights beyond what my hands can withstand.
I would have thought the temperature would have been higher than 110-115 F as too hot to touch. I believe industry (pulp & paper anyway) requires insulating pipe/tanks at ~145F for personal protection.
I don"t have any vn lights but I thought your hand was the thermal control. In other words once they are modded there is no step down but you.
I have sensitive hands, what can I say! Maybe my infrared thermometer not working right? I will say uncomfortable to hold, meaning hands want to hold lower down the light where it's cooler.