Yellow not Amber L.E.D.
10-21-2011, 06:31 PM
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Yellow not Amber L.E.D.
I did some searching and saw a few threads that people have asked the same questions but all lead to an dead end so here I am trying to get answer... I'm looking to get YELLOW L.E.D. for my interior lights not the AMBER kind... Anyone?
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10-21-2011, 10:44 PM
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^ Thanks for the reply. Idk if those thing are really yellow or amber-ish. Plus, the item is from Hong Kong, gonna take a while to get here and it'll be really really suck if it's amber.
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10-31-2011, 08:02 PM
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Your best option is to buy white LEDs and wrap them in yellow tint film.
It's the easiest route to go.
You'll need roughly 2-3 layers to ensure a full yellow light with no white leaks.
You can buy practically all "yellow" LED on the market and I assure you that they're all amber.
What I was suggested was to get an RGB LED. Since it has the ability to "change colors" you can dial in the exact color you want [yellow].
Yellow is VERY hard to find. I searched high and low and every LED I found claiming to be yellow is on the amber spectrum of things. The yellow wavelength for LEDs is very specific. IIRC the yellow wavelength is very very short. It's around the 585-595 range. Nearly exactly it. Anymore or less and it's a different color.
It's the easiest route to go.
You'll need roughly 2-3 layers to ensure a full yellow light with no white leaks.
You can buy practically all "yellow" LED on the market and I assure you that they're all amber.
What I was suggested was to get an RGB LED. Since it has the ability to "change colors" you can dial in the exact color you want [yellow].
Yellow is VERY hard to find. I searched high and low and every LED I found claiming to be yellow is on the amber spectrum of things. The yellow wavelength for LEDs is very specific. IIRC the yellow wavelength is very very short. It's around the 585-595 range. Nearly exactly it. Anymore or less and it's a different color.
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10-31-2011, 10:35 PM
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I had wondered about yellow LEDs to use them as DRLs and was told LEDs don't come like that, only amber. lol. Come on. Red green and yellow LEDs have been around decades before blue/white LEDs even existed. The plain reason you're not seeing them is there is really no market demand for them, that's all. But nothing is impossible you can fab up your idea even if there is no ready made solution.
Many of us have the LED boards in the interior lights. I bet ya those can be easily retrofitted with yellow LEDs. See if someone will sell you a set of those boards and source the LEDs loose and solder them in!
Many of us have the LED boards in the interior lights. I bet ya those can be easily retrofitted with yellow LEDs. See if someone will sell you a set of those boards and source the LEDs loose and solder them in!
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