Timeline for Can you continuously flash a high power LED bulb or will it break?
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| Oct 20, 2017 at 21:02 | history | edited | Paul Uszak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added that LEDs are 5W power and not 20mA status LEDs
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| Oct 20, 2017 at 18:07 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 20, 2017 at 6:45 | answer | added | Misunderstood | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 22:15 | comment | added | Paul Uszak | @JimmyB What would cause the driver to fail if the LED chips themselves don't? | |
| Jul 16, 2017 at 18:53 | comment | added | JimmyB | "flashes a couple of times a second" - In that case the temp cycle span will be negligible. The LED itself will not be your problem; as usual, the driver circuit is more susceptible. That's why I'd recommend against the first part; its driver is not designed for millions of on/off cycles. Find an LED driver (chip) with an "enable" input. If that input is specified for use for brightness control via PWM you can be certain that it will last for a lot of switching. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 14:59 | answer | added | Todor Simeonov | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 14:51 | comment | added | JimmyB | Notice that LEDs are much better suited than incandescents, partly because their temperature cycle will span maybe 100C max while light bulbs go to 2000C+. | |
| Jul 15, 2017 at 14:34 | history | asked | Paul Uszak | CC BY-SA 3.0 |