How to wire this LED?

[ruairidh_]

Ok first off I have absolutely no idea about anything to do with electrics, so don't judge me on what's probably a stupidly simple question[emoji14]
Basically I was wondering how I would wire this LED to a heatsink and how it would be wired so as it can be plugged into a household socket (the UK one)

Would you need a stepdown transformer thing so that the led doesn't explode? Any advice would be great.

Led: http://intl-outdoor.com/noctigon-mtg20-mcpcb-cree-mtg2-q0-5000k-6v-led-p-727.html

 

[ruairidh_]

Yes I know but is it a case of just soldering it?

 

[DPG]

It tells you on the link you gave us:

Noctigon boards run the LEDs much cooler allowing a longer lifespan or higher driving currents. The boards can be soldered to brass, copper or other materials eliminating the typical thermal paste or typical thermal glue which has a very low thermal conductivity

 

[shanky887614]

why not get some oil filled electric rads and led light fittings it should be a lot cheaper in the long run, plus you can temperature control it then

you are going to want a constant temperature in there and these led's wont put enough heat out as they will be tiny and the solder would melt before it gave off enough heat with that small footprint

 

[ruairidh_]

It tells you on the link you gave us:

Noctigon boards run the LEDs much cooler allowing a longer lifespan or higher driving currents. The boards can be soldered to brass, copper or other materials eliminating the typical thermal paste or typical thermal glue which has a very low thermal conductivity

I mean do you just solder wires to it? I know it can be soldered straight onto the heatsink

 

[ruairidh_]

why not get some oil filled electric rads and led light fittings it should be a lot cheaper in the long run, plus you can temperature control it then

you are going to want a constant temperature in there and these led's wont put enough heat out as they will be tiny and the solder would melt before it gave off enough heat with that small footprint

Temperature wise as long as it can give off the lumens I need it to give off then Im not worried about how hit or cold it gets unless it will melt the solder,but I doubt it will get that hot

 

[DPG]

I mean do you just solder wires to it? I know it can be soldered straight onto the heatsink

Your original post said 'how do I wire it to the heatsink'. Right, so the question is actually how to connect wires to the LED? For that type of device I would say you would solder them to the + and - terminals. Did you get the full data sheet for this device yet? Daz

 

[ruairidh_]

Your original post said 'how do I wire it to the heatsink'. Right, so the question is actually how to connect wires to the LED? For that type of device I would say you would solder them to the + and - terminals. Did you get the full data sheet for this device yet? Daz

I got a reply from intl-outdoors, was pretty vague tbh but it said that there was no datasheet for the Led :L surprised me a bit as you would expect them to have one, sorry I was unclear about the wiring D:

 

[amlu]

no datasheet? what a load of rubbish.
http://www.cree.com/~/media/Files/C...-Modules/XLamp/Data-and-Binning/XLampMTG2.pdf

Cree is who makes the LEDs, notctignon or whatever they are called makes those little boards onto which LEDs go.
Wiring - 2 wires got to be soldered to + and - on the little board, then wired into a suitable driver.
Little board got to be mounted onto some heatsink
example -
10W 5W 3W CREE XM-L2 Neutral White 5000K U2 3B LED on 25mm Heatsink with Wires | eBay

 

[ruairidh_]

Thank you very much, il be sending an interesting reply

 

[YoungScud]

Vivarium plant growth = View attachment 31485!?

I think you said you're new here ruaridh. The minute you mentioned plants, this was matter of time...

 

[ruairidh_]

ahaha xD

 

[Dan]

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