Uh oh, it's that OddOne again, ranting about LEDs...

 

Yep, I'm back. So far the response to my idea of pooling orders to bulk-purchase white LEDs directly from the manufacturer has been incredible. In fact, the total I'm working with is 900 LEDs. This assumes the lowest quantity expressed by each person, too, not the highest, and this will probably change shortly.

 

But, that's not the coolest part. The coolest part is that Nichia's prices drop $ .60 (from $2.20 to $1.60) per LED for orders of 1,000 LEDs. Also, if they're open to negotiation they might give us the thousand rate given that we're this close (although that'll depend on their sales staff and Nichia's policy with regard to cutting people pricing breaks, etc.) So if anyone else wants to jump on the order and get some for a good bit less than other suppliers charge and/or get them in quantity, please check out this thread which explains the idea in more detail.

 

 

OddOne

 

-- OddOne (mocklamer@geocities.com), March 08, 1999

Answers

WooHoo! Over 1,000! Hello $1.60 per LED price!

OddOne

-- OddOne (mocklamer@geocities.com), March 08, 1999.

Do you realize how much time and effort you will expend to save a few cents? This isn't a fleet of Mercedes we're talking about.

Besides--the japs need all the profit they can get right now.

-- a (a@a.a), March 08, 1999.

Do you realize how much time and effort you will expend to save a few cents? This isn't a fleet of Mercedes we're talking about. True, but at $3.99 a pop from Hosfelt and most similar suppliers, the idea of getting a few or a hundred or whatever for about half as much per LED the costs to bulk-buy them are suddenly offset by the savings. It's just as much hassle ordering large quantities by yourself with exception of the process of collecting the money from folks wanting to join in the bulk-buy. Factor in the ability to select a specific model of LED, the one with the highest light output and smallest emission half-angle, which is often NOT the customers' choice when it comes to something this new to market and hard to find from conventional sources. I hear rumors that the Hosfelt LED is the next one down from the NSPW500BS. Same output but much less focused, which makes for problems in designing point-source lighting applications (flashlights, emergency low-power- consumption lighting, etc.)

 

Besides--the japs need all the profit they can get right now. Hahaha, yeah, they do kinda need $. But then again their problems stem from foolishness and shortsightness. This make me have difficulty in feeling sorry for them. ::chuckle:: Sorta like how hard it is to feel sorry for managers having to spend unholy amounts of cash to fix a problem their predecessors caused. OddOne, who still thinks it's worth the time and effort to get a hundred brand-new white LEDs for $1.60 each...

-- OddOne (mocklamer@geocities.com), March 08, 1999.

I hear rumors that the Hosfelt LED is the next one down from the NSPW500BS. Same output but much less focused, which makes for problems in designing point-source lighting applications (flashlights, emergency low-power- consumption lighting, etc.)

My understanding is a high millicandella rating is the result of focussing the available light. For equal actual output, the more focused LED's have the higher millicandella numbers.

However power consumption and voltage are good indicators of the "isotropic" light output.

-- xxxxx (xx@xx.xx), March 08, 1999.