Grahamione
New member
In regular flashlights it is just a contact from the bulb to the bateries. what dose the solid state do to the light to make the bulb brighter?
Why do LED flashlights need a solid state chip board to operate?
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Harald Hansen
Explorer
Because the electrical properties of a LED is not a good match for the electrical properties of a battery. A LED driver (as the board and components is called) regulates the current going into the LED.
Captain K-man
Adventurer
They don't, it's just another way for the government to keep track of you....lol
Harald's post sounds good to me.
Harald's post sounds good to me.
Hilldweller
SE Expedition Society
LEDs are not bulbs...
Cards81fan
Osage Hilltopper
This. And some variants of a seemingly identical light can be more desirable than others based solely on the chips used. For example, TerraLUX (who makes lights but more popularly, LED conversions for MagLites) moved to use Seoul Semiconductor as the LED driver of choice for their products and this greatly enhanced the popularity of them among enthusiasts (like those on CandlePowerForum).
Count Fred
Observer
This is often what differentiates good LED lights from cheap ones.
You can cause an appropriate current draw with just a resistor in series with the LED. But this doesn't really regulate it and as a result your light will get dimmer over time as the battery drains. It is also harder on the LED.
Cheers,
JFS III
You can cause an appropriate current draw with just a resistor in series with the LED. But this doesn't really regulate it and as a result your light will get dimmer over time as the battery drains. It is also harder on the LED.
Cheers,
JFS III
