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Roger that Lofty Goals,sage advice there.Gotta say tho just to see how much abuse one of them cobs could take it was almost worth it...almost lol. When the last light is in and I get the time I think I may start a post with the most basic instructions possible on how I put it together.I hear too...

Hey all,I have to update this as I finally got to the bottom of everything.I only showed one fried led but there was actually 2 of them.the other one looks just as bad as the one I posted a picture of and the ceramic the light was on was cracked in half just like the other one.I took one of my...

Thanks for the help men,So I'm thinking it's narrowed down to a bad led or a bad driver? I'm gonna go with the driver since it's a piece cheap e-bay junk.If there's no way to check a driver cept plug it in and cross your fingers that's kinda shitty.Next time I plug one in I'll be ready to pull...

Yeah ,I hear ya airwalker16,really sucks losing one like that (no good way I guess). Maybe you could answer my original question as you've obviously built you're own. I attached a diagram of the way I wired my led....does it look right to you?Thanks man,Cheers.

Here's a couple shots of the "fried egg". Hey Jorge you're likely right.I was under the assumption that as long as the driver was rated over what your led needed then you would be fine.Am I missing something here?The driver is rated 20-39v and the led needs 38.5 is that cutting it too close?

Well there is no brand name on it that I can see but here's a pic of it.

Hi folks, I've attached a picture that shows how I wired a cree CXA3070 to a 1500mA driver with a voltage forward of 20-39v.The cree itself requires a 38.5 fv so I'm quite sure that the driver and led are matched.This is my second light the first one seems fine(maybe the driver runs a little hot...