Red Led(Cree XP-E2) Over 1A Drivers Kaboom??

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blue and green XP-E2, output tests

[image] These tests were done already a month ago (sorry for the delay), but tonight I was finally in the right mood to type in the data, make the graph and do this write-up (I like the testing itself but it always takes some courage for me to digest the numbers and make them into edible graphs :tired: ). Thanks go to MRsDNF for donating me the red and blue XP-E2 (from Cutter, red is bin P3, blue is bin M3), and to telephoneman for the green XP-E2 (from Mouser, bin is R2), they were not easily …

2.8A likely is too much, but the peak output is at around 2.5A, no data on long term degradation. You can try to desolder some 7135s, leave only 1.4A or 1.75A to be in the safe side. I’m sure you can find a guide on removing 7135s somewhere in the forum.