Digsy Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Wasn't quite sure where to post this. I know there are a few of you out there who have done LED tail light conversions who may be able to help me. I'll shortly be needing to buy a large-ish quantity of high-brightness, 5mm LEDs in assorted colours in the 5 to 10 cd brightness range (nothing to do with cars). Can anyone help me with a supplier? I'd rather not use e-Bay because a lot of the generic no-name Far-Eastern LEDs are prone to failing as a short circuit, which then immediately overloads any other LEDs connected to it in series. I also doubt their brightness figures. I've tried RS and Maplin but I think almost £3 for a high-brightness blue or green is a tad high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 http://www.ultraleds.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 yep i bought some from ultra LED's. very cheap and good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/home/homepage.jsp This is a local company to me. not searched for LEDs but if anywhere does them, they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 I think I saw that Emin had some of these on his site when I looked earlier today. http://aacperformance.com/store/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rays the roof Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Through work can get 5mm super bright leds in red, white, blue, and just about any colour for 20p each!!!!! PM me mate if you need help. Probably arrange free postage direct to you if you want enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra ST Myster Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 yes i can supply you the LEDs if you want, let me know what sort of quantities you need and in what colours and i can give you a quote.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 Just to save the PMs... What I'm looking for is red, green, blue and white LEDs in the following specs: Forward voltage: 4v max Forward current: approx 20mA Luminous intensity: 5000mcd to 10000mcd (brighter the better). Case stye: standard 5mm case, 0.1" pin pitch, water clear lense Looks like the pruce to beat is about 30p each from Ultraleds.co.uk. Incidentally, that site looks like it is being mirrored on the LED section of http://www.besthongkong.com Odd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra ST Myster Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 what sort of quantities are you after? as i may be able to beat that if they are quite high? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted April 6, 2005 Author Share Posted April 6, 2005 Well, high for me, but probably not high in absolute terms. Say 100 in total so 25 of each. Not being funny, but I'll need a spec sheet for the LEDs. Terms like "superbright" and "hyperbright" don't really mean anything anymore - its that mcd figure that is the key. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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