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deandec
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Nov 16, 2014

LED 5050 cool white strips in Flourescent getting hot

I have installed two strips of the 5050 type non waterproof 12v LED lights into one of my Thin Lite fixtures. I really like the result except the entire fixture seemed to be very warm to the touch ...
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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Nov 17, 2014
There seems to be a sweet-spot with voltage and an LED. Tweak the voltage upwards starting dim and measure temperature. Soon, bit-by-bit, the lamp will be bright. Then, continuing, it seems brightness does not increase a lot but temperature does. With those el cheapo 5050 smd 36 point glue-on squares, I have measured 126F @ an ambient of 70F and power of 12.03 volts.

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