GEM SABER Creations Detailed Series Wiring of a Tri Cree XPE 2 LED.
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2024
- If you are a beginner to soldering, use a lower heat than what is recommended in my video. When soldering at that heat level you have to be extremely quick. I would recommend around 400-550 if just learning. This is my definitive video for "Series" wiring (not including Soundboard hookup) of a Tri-Cree XPE-2 LED including full installation into a heat sink unit and FOC. It is filmed in 60FPS at point blank range HD allowing someone brand new to be completely confident that they can successfully and more importantly "properly" build a top tier LED module for their saber. A HUGE shoutout to KR Sabers, Solo's Hold, and Genesis Custom Sabers who have done previous video tutorials and sell top quality components. They all keep me coming back. A "parallel" wiring video will also follow in the coming days as well as soundboard wiring tutorials in the future. I hope this helps the new DIY'ers for a long time to come. :) Or at least until we get real sabers...one can dream!
As a note to create the best solder joint you should always prep your contact locations. The pads should be wiped down with alcohol 90%+. Flux can be used on the ends of your wire to tin it. Never NEVER blow air on your joints afterwards allow them to cool naturally. Rapid cooling can cause fractures in the weld which will lead to issues in the future.
More is better; the bigger the glob the better the job.
This is an amazing tutorial. Actually explaining the vocabulary and in glorious 1080p 60fps
What a absolutely awesome tutorial my friend. Thank you so very much for this video and also for the let's build a graflex series. It has helped me so much and I am sure so many other people. Thank you for taking the time.
Just to be clear, thanks for the nice comments but it was Matthew Duley who created the "Lets Build A Graflex Series". Which is one of the best instruction video's ever. :)
Awesome mate!!! Can i use this wiring in a verso board ? And can tri cree LEDs change colors or if u buy that color it will be that color forever?
+PepperPete11 Dear Pepper Pete, you mentioned making a separate video for wiring a Tri-Cree LED in parallel for a 3.7 volt LiOn. When will you air that video? I'm working on my first lightsaber project with parts from KR sabers, and these instructional videos are a great help. I'm working with a Stunt board called the CoreFX, with a 3.7 volt removeable battery and a Tri-Cree; Deep red/ Royal Blue/ White. ^-^ I'm very excited to make my own purple lightsaber. Thank you for your time.
I bought the wires you listed in another comment, and I found an alternative way to split the wires more consistently. Strongly pinch the section/amount you want to strip off using pliers and the wrapping will break/split, revealing the metal core. Then remove the wrapping accordingly, whether by the regular stripping method or just cutting off the strands on the sides.
Thanks for the awesome video. Quick question...if I run a green/green/white all individually to a crystal focus 10 using a 3.7 battery, can I bridge all three positives on top of the led puck so I can just have 1 power wire coming from the battery? All three negatives would be wired independently back to the board.
Ok so if I want all three leds to be on at once would I just bridge two of the three points and then wire the remaining positive and negative
See that little "S" in between those led's? Looks like a slotted screw. That's a series connection designed into the sink pad. Fill it with solder and you don't have to use the pads. I found out by accident one day while I was browsing datasheets. It's not a huge time saver but every little bit helps.
That is fantastic! I did not realize that and will make life much easier moving ahead. :)
What kind of wiring setup would I need if I'm using a tri cree LED (BBW) with 4.5V (3x AA)? Could I just use a 1.5ohm 5w resistor for the white LED and x2 1.2ohm 3w resistors for the blue LEDs?
can i use this wiring with a li-ion 3.7 batery ?
So if I use an 18650 3.7 volt, I can't wire the LED in series exactly how you did in this video?
That is correct because every time you wire in series, you split the voltage in half. Each LED must receive 3.7(ish) voltage to function properly. You would need to wire the led's in parallel when using a 3.7 cell. In parallel the voltage stays the same.
I have a tri cree and i'm using a 1ohm for the white foc and its getting very hot, is that ok?
Can you also use like the leads of a resistor?
Can you give the wire source please? Am always looking for quality wire and places to get it. Thx!
Nice "snips" reference too....
When you tested the FOC, what voltage were you feeding it from the supply? I assumed the supply was set to 7.4V to match the CF voltage and the series flow to the blues, but I did not see a resistor on the single white LED to drop the 7.4V down to the need Vf for the LED. BTW, would be good to denote the voltages needed by each LED in the future.
Robert good point about the needed voltage and I will include that info in the future. For quick testing (less than a few seconds) the white can take the 7.4 just fine as my home power supply maxes out at 2 amps. So the blue's are taking pretty much all of the amp power anyhow and the white really doesn't gets anything except a quick flash. When I wire it up to the soundboards I run a resistor of course. I get my wire from this person on ebay. It's silver coated and can take some crazy amps without falling apart. www.ebay.com/usr/navships?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754
Thx man....I have a BSEE so I notice these things. :) I understand now, given what your supply can do and what the full load it was supplying. Makes sense now. My desktop supply will handle 12A out. I take care to limit the current when testing.
And thank you very much for the wire reference. When I worked in the defense electronics industry in the 80's, we used teflon coated wire all the time....great stuff, slick as hell to strip as you probably know.
No problem! I'm glad you figured out the Prequel reference! :) Finding wire was a nightmare for me. I was put onto the ebay gentleman by a friend and his stuff is fantastic! And I totally get your confusion about my power supply. I assumed that most who are new and watching this would be using a dedicated battery (which can provide way more amps than this old desk power unit) and wiring this up to the soundcard before running the led's. The manual for the soundcards are very specific about voltage and I hope people read them so they know that resistors are required especially for FOC. :) I will be doing more video's later about the soundcard hookup which will include info about resistors etc.
So I have a ‘15 Hasbro Vader I’m doing a basic conversion for. It’s on 4.5 volts. I have a Tri Cree R/R/R. Can I just run 6 separate wires in parallel (3+,3-) and twist the positives and negatives together, and run them to the hasbro soundboard? Or will I be running into some issues?
davemik239. I've been wondering the same thing. I used a luxeon rebel single led royal blue in my master replicas 05 anakin. bright but I want to upgrade to a tri cree. what else do I need? resistor?
Can you do this set up for a stunt?
If i am wiring a tri-cree rB rB dR for a stunt, do i use parallel wiring or series?
Hi Carl. It entirely depends on what type of battery you want to use. If you are using a standard 18650 3.7 volt cell then you would use a parallel setup. Simply wire the LED's together in parallel. If you were using a 7.4 battery (twice the voltage that an LED can handle depending on color) then you would need to wire two of the led's in series and then the third led into parallel. You could also simply use resistors for that setup as well.
PepperPete11 yes! 18650! Thanks for the help!
Couldn’t you have just put a dab of solder on the serial pad right above where you bridged the two pads to create a serial connection?
wat a croc these are pretty lame i thought they werE for colour mixing
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+PepperPete11 Dear Pepper Pete, you mentioned making a separate video for wiring a Tri-Cree LED in parallel for a 3.7 volt LiOn. When will you air that video? I'm working on my first lightsaber project with parts from KR sabers, and these instructional videos are a great help. I'm working with a Stunt board called the CoreFX, with a 3.7 volt removeable battery and a Tri-Cree; Deep red/ Royal Blue/ White. ^-^ I'm very excited to make my own purple lightsaber. Thank you for your time.