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I'm regularly trying to modify bicycle taillights and outfit them with brighter LED's, and have been fiddling with 5mm LED's so far. Unfortunately, I haven't really found any red 5mm's that are truly bright. Bright blue ones, yes. But bright red ones, nah. So I was looking around on a German LED vendor site, and saw two interesting LEDs. One is a 10mm and the other a Superflux.
Specs:
LED 10mm red 32.000mcd
Technology: 4 Chip LED
Case: 10mm waterclear
Viewing Angle: 40°
Power: 2,1V
Current: 80mA typ.
Wave Lenght: 630nm (red)
Maximum Intensity / Brightness: 32.000mcd
Superflux red 15.000mcd
This LED contains 3 ultrabright red chips for a powerfull light.
Technical Data:
Case: Superflux waterclear
Lens: 5mm
Material: AIGaInP
Viewing Angle: 100°
Wave Lenght: 630nm (red)
Power: 2,1V
Current: 60mA typ.
Maximum Intensity / Brightness: 15.000mcd
The Superflux draws 20mA less and has a much larger viewing angle, but is 15.000mcd instead of 32.000 (if these ratings are true, of course). Somewhere on this forum a while ago, I read that multi-chip 10mm LED's are more prone to break down? Can anyone eleborate on that (if it's true)? And what would be the best buy for my needs? It seems to me that a 10mm LED with it's two pins is much easier to mount on a board then the Superflux with it's four pins. Any thoughts on that? As you see I'm not familiar with Superflux LED's. Thanks in advance.
Specs:
LED 10mm red 32.000mcd
Technology: 4 Chip LED
Case: 10mm waterclear
Viewing Angle: 40°
Power: 2,1V
Current: 80mA typ.
Wave Lenght: 630nm (red)
Maximum Intensity / Brightness: 32.000mcd
Superflux red 15.000mcd
This LED contains 3 ultrabright red chips for a powerfull light.
Technical Data:
Case: Superflux waterclear
Lens: 5mm
Material: AIGaInP
Viewing Angle: 100°
Wave Lenght: 630nm (red)
Power: 2,1V
Current: 60mA typ.
Maximum Intensity / Brightness: 15.000mcd
The Superflux draws 20mA less and has a much larger viewing angle, but is 15.000mcd instead of 32.000 (if these ratings are true, of course). Somewhere on this forum a while ago, I read that multi-chip 10mm LED's are more prone to break down? Can anyone eleborate on that (if it's true)? And what would be the best buy for my needs? It seems to me that a 10mm LED with it's two pins is much easier to mount on a board then the Superflux with it's four pins. Any thoughts on that? As you see I'm not familiar with Superflux LED's. Thanks in advance.