LEDengin 10W Color mixing thread

[Holt]

sorry for any comfusion.

I ment splitting the 2a into 1a - paralell

[LUMINARA UNDULI]

No worries, I must have misunderstood .

[JamoUp]

This is mixing G and A in series, PC 1.5A




Very Lime green/ acid green.

[Alex Gordon]

oh yeah, I forgot about that color.  I thought I just hadn't seen it yet.  I believe someone did a revan with that color. 

[JamoUp]

yeah, those pics are from my Adi/Shaak saber, recently updated to PC.

Original thread:
http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=26211.0

[Holt]

awesome color! looks very intense and bright!

[C-3P0]

Wow, I love that colour! Possibly even more than a normal green

[Holt]

Just going back on the silver in paralell..

is it possible to mix the silver is series at 1.5a to each dice for a more intense color? will it giev the same silver color as if it was in paralell ( 1a each dice)

Was just thinking of this...

[LUMINARA UNDULI]

Same color, brighter in parallel.  The 1.5As does not compensate for the inadequate voltage.

[Holt]

so better in paralell. Thanks Luminara!

[JANGO FETT]

It's a good rule of thumb that if the leds colors have close forward voltages, its better to wire them in parallel. Instead of series.
That said, if they have differing FV series is better.

Some examples. main blade only.
parallel  *
BW silver
RA orange
GW viridian
BG skyblue

Series
RB purple
GR yellow
GA lime green

*I'm not saying that they will not work in series, just that I've seen better performance wiring them this way.

[Holt]

Thanks for that!

[DarthLwin]

Hey guys. Just wanted to check, does RW give you pink? Was thinking of making one for my girlfriend but haven't found much info on pink. Heh

[LUMINARA UNDULI]

It does, sort of.  More of a less saturated pinky red, IMO.  If you mix red and blue you can achieve a more saturated pink (hot pink).

[DarthLwin]

Oh. Thanks Luminara!