DarthPlagueis
Well-Known Member
Exactly, things take time. I don't mind you jumping on the thread cobby! I appreciate it.theres a little more to it than that. i dont want to hijack the thread but for a simple light engine like the cxm22s on pinfins, where i make a whopping $4-$5 each over selling the parts separately:
cut 2-conductor wire to length
strip both sides to proper length
mount chip on heatsink
mount wire through hole with grommet, connect to holder, route wire through pins. needs to be strong enough to swing the assembly around by the cable (not recommended!)
test on bench at both low current (to verify all dies light up) and at high current to verify its its within range for brightness and forward voltage
those are the "easy" ones. for a custom one like the 1825s on iceleds, add the following steps::
tap out holes on face of heatsink
solder wire to heatsink
modify reflector adapter with a dremel in at least 3 dimensions to fit the 1825s
carefully mount soldered chip via strian relief and grommets
test fan in addition to cob itself
supply mounting hardware
obviously i charge more for the ones that have all the custom work. i can bust em out in a few hours when making 8-10 at a time, but if you were doing it for the first time, it would take hours to build the first one and you wouldnt be happy with the first revision (assuming you dont destroy any chips in the soldering process, which isnt for everybody)
I'm not really enthusiastic, if I was enthusiastic I would would buy the lights. I'm not going to because it seems like more of a pain to deal with in the end. This thread can be closed. I'll linger for awhilei get your enthusiastic but honestly your asking people if theyll buy your shit for more money then what we already have available. yes competition is good but you got to be realistic and on top of all this ive seen other people offering a lot more (like new ideas or services, not just they same shit)and the threads get closed because they dont pay for advertisement