L.E.D. vs HALIDE/T5/VHO

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

actualy a temp of 50 degrees is well with in the specs that the LEDs are rated at so they should do better than the rated hours and less intensity drop that the spec since the specs are at 80 degrees.

A running temp of 50C it is still within the range of acceptable temperature for the LEDs. They are spec to run at 50-80C max but with cooling you can actually prolong the life of the LEDs and get less intensity drop over the claimed 50,000hrs life of the emitters.

I agree with you that it would be nice to have a silent system, but in the long run i just dont know if its worth it, i mean we can get more life/intensity out of the LEDs if they were active cooled than passively cooled so why not do so and gain an extra few years more out of them.

You've got some good points there Steve, it'll be interesting to see your project on the LEDs too