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Title: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: CGomp2012 on March 24, 2013, 10:19:37 PM
As much as I'd love to experiment on my own with the LED colors, my budget does not allow for it nor do I have the equipment to aid in color mixing.  That said, I was wondering what shade of color a Tri-cree with a Cool White and Blue die wired in series would end up as.  Would it most likely be more of a light blue, or a silvery color? And does anyone one have a picture of said set-up? 
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: Seo Xeromi on February 05, 2017, 02:24:02 PM
Old thread, but I'm also interested in building such a blade for a Luke ANH hilt--tri-cree with blue and white dies wired together and the third white die for the FOC. Anyone have any experience with this? I want a nice sky blue blade for this Luke ANH hilt, rather than a cyan blade from e.g. a blue-green-white tri-cree.

I'm also thinking having the white and blue dies together would help the blade be brighter overall.
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: Birilli on February 12, 2017, 06:43:19 AM
I'm just about to start a build with this setup, but using a PC Amber for the FoC.

I'll be sure to post back once it gets underway and I start playing with resistors for each die.

I'm hoping to get a really nice pale blue.
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: JANGO FETT on February 12, 2017, 10:57:20 AM
(https://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi20.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb219%2FNailbunny375%2FSAM_1966_zps7otxpdtk.jpg&hash=1bea74043f1c7309259400f0a0fc191dd4c8a6f8) (http://s20.photobucket.com/user/Nailbunny375/media/SAM_1966_zps7otxpdtk.jpg.html)


Tri-cree XP-E2 WrB
CF 5.1
Parallel wiring
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: Seo Xeromi on March 05, 2017, 10:17:33 AM
Thanks Jango--that's a nice looking blade. I just got a tri-cree BWW and wiring the white and blue dies together (parallel) for the main blade with the third white for FOC makes for a very nice pale sky blue color. It isn't cyan or anything--just a nice light blue.
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: Birilli on March 07, 2017, 12:40:07 PM
What setup are you using it with?
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: Excelsior on March 23, 2017, 03:59:02 PM
I recently built a saber using a BBW tri-cree with all three dies wired together in parallel with a CFv8, and the blade was a very pale blue. It was different and interesting at first, but after a while it just seemed to look too washed out. I could have dialed down the white a bit, but I ended up using it for the FOC and left the two blue dies for the main blade color.
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: darthgrant on June 30, 2017, 09:29:36 AM
very Luke ESB
Title: Re: White and Blue, wired in series?
Post by: SA22C on July 02, 2017, 01:35:18 PM
I've got my two-cree running all three dies with the white at half drive and the two blues full.

(https://i.imgur.com/UoOysk5.jpg)

I really like the way it photographs.