Airwalker16
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^ If that makes any sense? ^
Got my GE BrightStiks
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BOBBY_G
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sure you can! each one of those comes with a driver - you dont need to buy anything. and if, as i suspect, most of these drivers can run twice as many chips (or more) in parallel more efficiently, you not only have enough drivers, you have an army of spares that you can keep on the shelf or run monos, etc etc
running these softer, with real heatsinks, will "cure" their heat problems
running these softer, with real heatsinks, will "cure" their heat problems
Airwalker16
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Explain a bit more plox?
Airwalker16
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Trying to figure out where I'd be putting the drivers and how to use them. But the BrightStiks h e weird pole that comes up to power them. Utilitechs would be easier cause the pads already soldered. Just would need to cut the wires off the metal threads of the screw on base.
HydroRed
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You need to find the older style 9.5W Utilitechs if you plan to just unscrew the board from the base to reveal the driver. The new ones look like they will break if you try to remove them as they dont have the 2 screws that hold the board on the base.
HydroRed
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I recently dug out some blue 12V automotive smd dash lights I was going to use in a project car. I wired 5 of them up in parallel to a 9V 800ma wall wart and let them sit for about 10 hrs and they didnt even get warm. If these can manage to stay relatively as cool on 12V constant, I may incorporate these into my cob build since it will be easy to just tie into the 12V supply already present for the 12V 140mm cooling fans. You can see they are so bright that they are washing out the color in the pic, even on my Nikon d60.
BOBBY_G
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the driver card lives in between the mogul base and the led board. they gotta have one.
BOBBY_G
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saw these at home DePot today, 14W, 1600 lumens, $7.50 ea in a 4 pack
http://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-100W-Equivalent-Daylight-A21-Non-Dimmable-LED-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-5bSA1600SSQ107/206668052
http://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-100W-Equivalent-Daylight-A21-Non-Dimmable-LED-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-5bSA1600SSQ107/206668052
Corso312
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Not bad, I see they say " non dimmable" ... So if those were hooked up on a dimmer wall switch..nothing would happen?
HydroRed
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114 lu/W....not too shabby. I was reading the reviews and someone mentioned buying both 3000 & 5000K of this bulb. Thats something I have noticed in buying led bulbs at Lowes is that there isnt a good selection of K when shopping. Most everything I see is 3000K or "warm white".
Airwalker16
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How many Lumens are those?
Airwalker16
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@BOBBY_G let's buy these.
They don't look too bad and they're cheap AF. I'm getting non dimmable. The best part is CCT choice. 2700-3000k, 4000k, or 5000-6500k.
On the description it cuts out on the lumens of the 12v but with some math I assume they're 700-80 lumens with 12 Watt ones. I bet they dont get as hot as bright stiks do.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/E26-E27-GU10-E14-Dimmable-LED-Spotlight-6W-9W-12W-Bulb-COB-Lamp-Ultra-Bright-/111991880743?nav=SEARCH&varId=410935215908
They don't look too bad and they're cheap AF. I'm getting non dimmable. The best part is CCT choice. 2700-3000k, 4000k, or 5000-6500k.
On the description it cuts out on the lumens of the 12v but with some math I assume they're 700-80 lumens with 12 Watt ones. I bet they dont get as hot as bright stiks do.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/E26-E27-GU10-E14-Dimmable-LED-Spotlight-6W-9W-12W-Bulb-COB-Lamp-Ultra-Bright-/111991880743?nav=SEARCH&varId=410935215908
OneHitDone
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These are the POS that are hot as fuck. If you put those in a plastic lamp holder I bet it will melt down in time
BOBBY_G
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fuck that 50 lm/W noise
Airwalker16
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Pics yo.
Airwalker16
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Which one runs coolest so far?