<div dir="ltr"><div>That's a good question, I looked up the part used and can't find a solid datasheet. It's quite small to pump 50W through, I guess that heat has to go somewhere. Considering the relatively low cost of the component and triviality of its use, the only thing you should really be concerned with is setting fire to the surroundings.<br>
</div> Do you know what temperature it's actually getting to? A thermocouple probe that comes with some multimeters would be perfect for this.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:46 AM, Darcy Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darcy@inventorartist.com" target="_blank">darcy@inventorartist.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I made this cool led lamp: <a href="http://inventorartist.com/lamp/" target="_blank">http://inventorartist.com/lamp/</a><div>
<br></div><div>It get's pretty hot. Does anyone know what temperature the LED is allowed to get to?</div>
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