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I am not an electrical engineer.
Ok, so I am interested in taking a cheap LED flashlight or headlamp (which I don't have yet) and identifying and replacing each individual LED bulb with an LED of a particular wavelength. I've seen you can buy LED's over the internet in bunches so that's no problem, but my question is this:
How difficult is it to 1) Identify the correct type of LED just by looking at it (e.g. voltage, size etc.) and 2) Replace it with a different wavelength LED of the same type.
More specifically, is there soldering involved? Are special tools needed? I don't even know how they connect LEDs to the circuit board.
I'm looking for an idea of difficulty before I get invested. Thanks for any advice.
Ok, so I am interested in taking a cheap LED flashlight or headlamp (which I don't have yet) and identifying and replacing each individual LED bulb with an LED of a particular wavelength. I've seen you can buy LED's over the internet in bunches so that's no problem, but my question is this:
How difficult is it to 1) Identify the correct type of LED just by looking at it (e.g. voltage, size etc.) and 2) Replace it with a different wavelength LED of the same type.
More specifically, is there soldering involved? Are special tools needed? I don't even know how they connect LEDs to the circuit board.
I'm looking for an idea of difficulty before I get invested. Thanks for any advice.