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Originally Posted by Travisty75
I'm stupid and tried making the boomerang brighter by simply bypassing the circuit board they're on and applying 12v directly to them. I for some dumb reason asked they had regulators built in and dropped to the ~5v they need at the actual LED itself.. Result? Blown LED of course.
I had to go buy a new SMD, and flash-solder it to the circuit board. That was my first and hopefully last time doing that.
Could you repair what I borked, and make them brighter? I can pull and bake apart the lights this weekend.  |
I've never heard of the term "flash soldering" but I believe you're referring to Reflow Soldering. And yeah, putting 12v across two of these LEDs in series would definitely instantly cook them. You would be able to get away with it if you had 4 in series, but no less.
I would need you to send me picture of what you currently have to know if it's even possible to reuse the board. Send me a pm if you're serious about it. I have a little over 2000 hours of surface mount soldering and diagnostics.
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Originally Posted by B L U E S L A T E
Sub'd. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
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I just wanted to put up the schematic for reference in case any one else wanted to mod their headlights. I'm adding heatsinks to both of the LEDs and driving them at 700mA. The different in brightness is quite amazing.