Bridgelux EB series gen 3 strips

[TEKNIK]

The led is really hot now, it has gone up to 1.3 watts, I will leave it for a while longer. I'm not running this on a heatsink it's just a pcb

[BirdBare]

The led is really hot now, it has gone up to 1.3 watts, I will leave it for a while longer. I'm not running this on a heatsink it's just a pcb

Your good. You made your point long ago. Let that baby rest lol

[TEKNIK]

It's always in CC mode. The data sheet is confusing that's all. I was confused about it also and thought there was some sort of special circuitry in there but it doesn't seem to have anything special that I can find at all

[BirdBare]

It's always in CC mode. The data sheet is confusing that's all. I was confused about it also and thought there was some sort of special circuitry in there but it doesn't seem to have anything special that I can find at all

Ok I'll see if I can figure it out and come to the same conclusion. Are you in electrical engineering?

[BirdBare]

Thanks for the back and forth today. Really fun and I learned something!

[TEKNIK]

It's gone back to 1.1W not sure why, I was holding my thumb on it before to heat it up faster. Unlikely if your set up was done right and the voltage adjusted that you would burn out any strips at all or cause any overheating should a strip fail with this method.[attachment=0]20190804_143822.jpg[/attachment]

[TEKNIK]

This is the led used to do this test, the pcb has been jumped where a resistor would usually be placed to operate it with constant voltage

[BirdBare]

I'm really surprised everyone here recommends a lower voltage power supply ran in parallel. I don't see a problem as your isolated from ground so with 24v vs 240v you still need to complete the circuit. What the deal with that recommendation?

[TEKNIK]

The higher the voltage the easier it is for electricity to jump. On a pcb where things are located close together the increase in voltage makes this even easier. All things are made to a price and as consumers demand lower pricing quality keeps dropping. I wouldn't risk running a 240V system in series. I would run everything in parallel

[BirdBare]

The higher the voltage the easier it is for electricity to jump. On a pcb where things are located close together the increase in voltage makes this even easier. All things are made to a price and as consumers demand lower pricing quality keeps dropping. I wouldn't risk running a 240V system in series. I would run everything in parallel

Thanks man I am definitely going to think on this tonight.