LEDs and Temperature

DerbyBorn · 2016-11-09T15:48:26+00:00

Just reading of LED needing to be kept cool and I was wondering why. Is it because standard components are used which will fail, or is there some electrical principle that will always cause failure at a particular temperature? Could some re-design make them happier at higher temperatures?

Nov 09, 2016 102 Replies

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The Natural Philosopher 9 years ago

No faux pas are too numerous to mention in a Usenet posting.

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Johnny B Good 9 years ago

I had an image of "Uncle Fester" pop into my mind when I saw that question. :-)

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alan_m 9 years ago

or street lighting where a small physical size of the fitting isn't important.

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