MassiveProng wrote:
On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 19:52:26 -0500, "Anthony Fremont"
Gave us:
Exactly, not the LED manufacturer, but the light assembly
manufacturer is the one that I blame. Normally, these lights are
not used continuously, but are for looking cool while the bike is
parked outside the bar for a couple hours.
All LEDs driven properly are meant for 100% full time duty cycle.
You should take a look at your remote control then. Now are they
1) not driving it properly or
2) is 100% duty cycle going to work ok
Ther are no LEDs made that have a spec that declares that they
should not be on all the time.
Please refer to this datasheet:
http://www.ortodoxism.ro/datasheets/hp/HLMP-6755.pdf
What do they mean by "DC Forward Current", "Peak Forward Current" and
"Transient Forward Current" then? It's called pulsed operation, IOW it is
"a spec that declares that they should not be on all the time". Now isn't
it?
Most have several thousand hours of operating life when driven
properly.
Nobody is disagreeing with that.