[GB ended,discussion only] CRI > 80+ NICHIA 2000K-6500K [E21A/219B/219C/319A/144A/757GT-F1(Optisolis)]

And so it did a few days ago, thanks Clemence for checking the whereabouts of the package for me!

Here is the first of the E21A sm205 R9050 leds in a Lumintop Tool. The tint and colour reproduction is not far from the 2000K Stanley led that I tested before, of course the Nichia has just that bit more red in it :slight_smile:

Looks like a Kalahari’s sunset. Very nice Djozz.

- Clemence

Ooooooh, I liiiiiiiiiiiiiiike.

I finally got around to testing the E21A’s clemence sent me, they look fantastic and tested pretty well too.

Not sure what I am going to put them in yet, got a few ideas.

I found a single 3000k to be fantastic in a zoomie. In an ultrafirr uf10 to be more specific. It is about 2amp direct drive off a fresh imr 16350, just about its max spec

What 10mm MCPCB did you use for the E21?

I used a custom made two-pad (Nichia 119) ledboard that I had produced two years ago (see Testing a custom made 16mm Nichia 119 copper core board (non-DTP), edit:sold out). I sold most of them and have a small batch leftover for own use.

In the WDYMT thread I posted a bit more about the Tool mod: What did you mod today? - #4705 by djozz

UPDATE 180316:

Dear valued customers,

Due to Nyepi Day (Silent Day) in Bali island some of the recent orders can’t be shipped until 180319. All public electricity including traffic, airport, internet, etc… will be shutdown in 1803(17-18). The following orders are already collected at the local post office this morning.

- 10193

- 10192

- 10191

- 10190

- 10189

- 10188

- 10187

  • 10184

For your information:
The nearest reliable post office located 23km from the workshop, thus I normally only ship twice a week (monday & thursday).

Best regards,
Clemence

Wow, a whole day without power of any kind?

If that happened worldwide….I shant even think of the consequences of such a thing…

Correct, this is the only true “earth day” in the world I know.
You can see the milky way clearly at night. No sounds but from the animals and babies. Very clean and fresh air like those found in virgin forest. Bali usually saved hundreds tonnes of fossil fuel during this day.

- Clemence

Can you talk more about this LED? How similar is it to candle light?
I once had a light with a de-domed XP-G 3000K 90CRI and it was just terribly orange.
I have an old Novatac Wichita which has a special driver (like in the HDS lights) with very low modes. It seems like a good match for this LED. The lowest mode actually flickers a bit, so I would even have the candle part covered :D.

It obviously makes sense to put this LED into smaller, dimmer or very floody lights because of the low color temperature, as shown by the Kruithoff Curve.

Has anybody else tried this LED?

I bought one and plan to try it next week

eehm, it is very orange, a flame is very orange too. and the sun during sunset. I will make a picture tonight, next to a candle (no sunset tonight, it is very grey outside).

Yes, of course, but is it a “nice” orange? :laughing:

I’m looking forward to the picture, thanks.

I wanted to take a picture for you but……surprisingly I can’t find candle in my house! Would a burning paper match the candle colour?

- Clemence

It’s absolutely lovely orange! Not the yellow orange kind. Excellent imitation of a candle with super smooth spectrum.

And it’s rated only up to R9050. Measured as R9080+

Wellp, look on the <coff!> bright side.

Y’all get the chance to use your flashlights. :smiley:

That is indeed a very, very good spectrum!
I notice that the Rg value is very high, colors should “pop”.

Yes, I think any normal burning object should do the trick.

Hahaha, using any kind of lighting outside the house you’ll get fined ($10/head/act), arrested, and probably beaten using rattan stick by the Pecalang “traditional policemen” (it’s legal by hindu law here). Non hindu people still can enjoy anything inside the house or the hotel as long as there are no lights, noise, activities detected from the outside.
But I’m lucky since in my area non hindu people are working together night guarding the neighborhood, helping those Pecalangs. A perfect time to make use all those flashlights. Unfortunately, taking beam shots would be very inappropriate :laughing:

This is from two years ago. Taken just outside the house:

- Clemence