It's 60k lumens now, and it draws 580W off the wall

michaelt 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Am I right in thinking you're dissipating that 580W using passive cooling only?

Impressive if so - every time I've designed something approaching that power level I've ended up needing forced air cooling.

	▲	genezeta 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Q: Does it get hot/how is it cooled? > A: It's cooled through our large heatsink and ultra quiet Noctua fan. The fan only turns on above 75% brightness. At max power, the heatsink is cool enough to put your hands on it for a couple of seconds.

christkv 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Whats the expected life for the leds at that power draw level?

	▲	sberens 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		LEDs are pretty insane these days - the ones we use have an L90 (time until they hit 90% brightness) of >50,000 hours (17 years if you use it every day 8 hours a day).