1 watt LEDs?

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:58 pm

A couple years ago, I had great success with royal blue, 1 watt Luxeon LEDs. With a micro-puck they can run off a couple of D-cells for 24 hours. With a lens attachment they throw a 10 degree beam.

Now it seems they've been discontinued. Anyone know of something comparable? I need to solder something.

phil · Post by **phil** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:39 pm

Is this the replacement here?

http://www.theledlight.com/luxeon-rebel.html

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:54 pm

phil wrote:Is this the replacement here?

http://www.theledlight.com/luxeon-rebel.html

Well... not yet. That was where I'd bought the others, but so far not much choice of colors.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:49 am

I know there was a push recently to sell off the old style Luxeons.

http://www.luxeonstar.com/luxeon-leds-b ... -54_61.php
http://www.luxeonstar.com/luxeon-leds-b ... frti217vs0

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:54 pm

Bit the bullet and ordered a couple luxeon rebel stars. Some real horsepower; this will be interesting. A lot pricier, though, by the time you add lenses and stuff.

The site I ordered from indicated there were a few available now, but at checkout it said they'd ship April 1. Sigh.

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:45 pm

Just an update... the rebel stars can take 1A continuous current, and oh wow is that bright. (Hot, too.) But theledlight.com doesn't sell them with the optics already mounted. Too bad, I'm not sure if I'm doing a bad job fitting the optics on or if that's the way they are. Throws a square beam, that's a little odd.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:06 pm

That's a camera flash pattern.

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:46 am

Yeah, interesting. 10 degrees? Pretty tight beam.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:19 pm

That does sound tight.

Did you look up the pattern by part number?

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:19 pm

I'd just ordered the tightest beam I could find. The data sheet is here:

http://www.luxeonstar.com/Carclo-8-7-De ... /10193.htm

capjbadger · Post by **capjbadger** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:27 pm

ricochet wrote:I'd just ordered the tightest beam I could find.

That's what she said...

-Badger

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:31 pm

capjbadger wrote:
ricochet wrote:I'd just ordered the tightest beam I could find.
That's what she said... ;)

-Badger

I will not riff on that. I will not riff on that. I will not riff on that.

Oops, I think I just tee'ed up another one for you.

ricochet · Post by **ricochet** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:32 pm

By the way, here's the old-style luxeon LEDs. The dome is about 12' across.
The mirror ball is 12".

Rice · Post by **Rice** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 7:02 pm

ricochet wrote:By the way, here's the old-style luxeon LEDs. The dome is about 12' across.
The mirror ball is 12".

Neat!! I love it...

Rice

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:29 pm

"Impressssssssive Luke. Obi-wan has taught you welll.""