biohazardav
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- Mar 28, 2015
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So I've experiemented with hids, leds, halogens. Needless to say Hids on volvo plastic american headlights are an awful mix. ive been working on this idea of making the first set of LED housings for the the later 240 plastic aero lens styles i believe its called.
my work so far is the plastic reflectors housings cut and mated with a heatsink which has 3 xm-l cree led stars mounted with jb weld and soldered and wired in a parallel circuit. i was driving them with 2 dc-dc converters which are adjustable from about a volt to 5 volts, each provides more than enough amps. each housing has a ghetto pc fan on the back lol, they actually stay real cool.
heres some pics:
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these cree leds are 6500k typically driven around 3.35 volts with a maximum current of 3 amps. that means 10 watts per a star, over 3000 lumens of output per a headlight housing. dayum.
so far, I'm really close to having a working prototype and set. however i accidentally popped the left housing with too much current. now i really understand why people stick with current regulated supplies rather than voltage regulated, ill be ordering special drivers soon. i cant buy xm-l crees anymore so i have to go to the new type which are xm-l2's, basically the same thing.
what you guys think? suggestions?
my work so far is the plastic reflectors housings cut and mated with a heatsink which has 3 xm-l cree led stars mounted with jb weld and soldered and wired in a parallel circuit. i was driving them with 2 dc-dc converters which are adjustable from about a volt to 5 volts, each provides more than enough amps. each housing has a ghetto pc fan on the back lol, they actually stay real cool.
heres some pics:
these cree leds are 6500k typically driven around 3.35 volts with a maximum current of 3 amps. that means 10 watts per a star, over 3000 lumens of output per a headlight housing. dayum.
so far, I'm really close to having a working prototype and set. however i accidentally popped the left housing with too much current. now i really understand why people stick with current regulated supplies rather than voltage regulated, ill be ordering special drivers soon. i cant buy xm-l crees anymore so i have to go to the new type which are xm-l2's, basically the same thing.
what you guys think? suggestions?