LED group buy?

sick lid · #1 11-30-2010, 11:57 PM

I would be interested as well

Ian · #2 12-01-2010, 12:04 AM

send me details I may be in for a bunch as well

jzz30tt · #3 12-01-2010, 12:06 AM

Would the group buy be local to you guys over there or can us alberta guys be in too?

Milad · #4 12-01-2010, 12:09 AM

well im getting them all sent here in vancouver but I guess I could ship them from here but you gota pay for the shipping (which I dont think is too much for leds).

looks like there is some decent interest so im going to get some better prices and couple more options and start a new thread with a deadline.

Edmonton newbie · #5 12-01-2010, 01:25 AM

om me when you get some solid numbers as to price

KevinK · #6 12-01-2010, 03:03 AM

when do you considder the closing day on this ? - when are you planning to order?

ultreef · #7 12-01-2010, 03:13 AM

Hi Milad,

Depending on when you place the order, I might be in for about 96 leds. Are you able to pick which BIN from EGT?

PM me with details when it's a go.

Thanks.

reeferious · #8 12-01-2010, 08:35 PM

somewhat off topic but how deep am i wading into if i was to buy these leds, power supplies and heatsinks then hook them together to form a functional light unit? my electrical knowledge is still at the basic level.

Milad · #9 12-01-2010, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reeferious

somewhat off topic but how deep am i wading into if i was to buy these leds, power supplies and heatsinks then hook them together to form a functional light unit? my electrical knowledge is still at the basic level.

its actually pretty simple stuff

lets say you wanted to just do a basic 12 LED light

you get a heatsink from heatsinkUSA

you get a driver such as the Mean Well ELN-60-48

you use thermal paste to attach each led to the heatsink. then you connect one wire of the driver to the first led + then from that led - to the next led + and so on until you get to the last led and you connect the other wire of the driver to it (should be negative).

you use solder to make the connections.

then i believe you make some quick measurements with a multimeter to make sure you are around 700ma and tune the driver if you are off a bit and then your good to go.

if you have an apex controller you can get the D version of the driver to dim it via 10v.

We could have a vancouver build party if a bunch of us get LEDs and someone wants to host it at their shop/house. beers, pizzas, leds, how could it go wrong?

Milad · #10 12-01-2010, 09:16 PM

group buy is up guys with even better prices than i first thought i could get
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...587#post569587