[ebomb]

ok, i am having trouble finding the correct replacement bulbs for the inovas. im finding the right size but some sites dont list the mcd rating and i dont want to order a bunch just to find out they are the wrong ones. What sites did you guys use to purchase yours?

[Eu4iK]

Yo I love modifying my own Inovas with custom colors...Inovas use 5mm LEDs FYI
but i go to http://www.modchipman.com or http://www.superbrightleds.com

check em out and tell me what ya think!

[ebomb]

that first link makes life a lot easier. i would really like to get some pink ones but am having difficulty on the second link. for example, is this a 5mm or what size is it http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b.../commerce.cgi? if you know how to navigate that site well it would be greatly appreciated if you could link me to each color 5mm led.

[Siler]

Check your radioshack, they ALWAYS carry bulbs...


As for the MCD rating...

That pretty much doesn't mean anything as long as they aren't under 1000 (which is what the bulbs that come with the Inovas are)

MCD is a measurement of the Luminous Intensity, and doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to be any brighter...


A higher MCD just makes the ray more intense, not brighter...


The bulbs that come with Inovas are 1000 MCD, and I got a pack of white bulbs that were 7000 MCD, and they are no brighter...

Like I said, it's a measurement of the intensity of the light ray being projected, not its' brightness... True that some higher mcd bulbs will be brighter than the same color at a lower mcd, but that is not an 'always true' thing... It does NOT measure brightness, it measures Luminous intensity, which blah blah, more big words talking about light particles, and what not, summing up its' the intensity...


To sum it up, they are usually not much brighter, so buying higher MCD bulbs is pointless, just stick to diff colors and, mcd wise, just make sure the rating is not below 1000, cuz you WILL notice a diff in below 1000...

Take a regular inova in a pitch black room and put it directly to your eye and turn it on for a sec, and then off, and switch on the lights, you will notice that you have a temporary small little blind spot, which last a few seconds and fades away with a few blinks... That's 1000 MCD...

Now take, as for my example, the SAME color at 7000 MCD, it's not brighter, but if you were to do the same thing, the blind spot is larger, and takes longer to fade away than the 1000 mcd bulb...

It's all pretty much backing up that it is a measurement of its' intensity, not its' brightness..


Sorry, I wasted a lot of money buying a fuck load of bulbs thinking higher MCD meant brighter bulbs, which this CAN be true, but it is not a set in stone rule...

[Osmosis9]

I bought mine from superbrightleds.com. They were a pretty good price and the shipping was fast. You need 5mm bulbs. If you are using them for orbits then you probably won't want any higher than 5000 mcd. If you are using them for glowstick LED's then you could go higher. Like Siler said though, they are not much brighter so I would stick with around 5000. For colors I got green, red, yellow, blue and orange all at about 5000 mcd and the green was the brightest, next the orange and blue were about the same, then came the yellow and then red.

[ebomb]

awesome guys thanks a lot. made everything really easy for me

[Tempmentive]

OH SICK!!!


"RL5-RGB-ACC Color Changing LED
Red/Green/Blue Automatic Color Changing 5mm LED
Cycles through R G B RG GB RB RGB for then repeats endlessly
LEDs are 2000 mcd / 30 Degree, operate from 3.8~4.2 VDC - no resistors required

I want those to tie onto my FlowLights! OMG! <3

[itzjayy]

Originally Posted by UnhOlY

OH SICK!!!


"RL5-RGB-ACC Color Changing LED
Red/Green/Blue Automatic Color Changing 5mm LED
Cycles through R G B RG GB RB RGB for then repeats endlessly
LEDs are 2000 mcd / 30 Degree, operate from 3.8~4.2 VDC - no resistors required

I want those to tie onto my FlowLights! OMG! <3

arent those just the tri-colors?

[Ossian666]

DealExtreme.com

$4 for a 7 pack of color changing lights. Free shipping. Even if you don't want them to use them you get the LED bulb and the battery which is totally worth it. And, they have other stuff there too for cheap to get.

[Eu4iK]

Anything at this link http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=LEDS that starts with "RL5" is a 5mm LED for example the first LEd is a "RL5-W15120 White LED" which mena sits a 5mm and anything that has a "RL3" like "RL3-W3030 White 3mm LED" is a 3mm LED.......but to make it a bit easier, everything on the 1st page is 5mm and everything on the 2nd page is 3mm so I wouldn't even look at the second page...

hope this helps

FYI - you probably don't want to use any of the flat tipped LEDs