Though you can probably get away with truncating the envelope, bear in mind that the envelope material is part of the LED's thermal management and if you remove some of it, you'll increase the operating temperature of the junction, which will either do nothing, burn it out, or simply shorten its lifespan.
The development of a suitable envelope material with the needed thermal an optical characteristics was one of the hurdles in manufacturing high-power LEDs that could penetrate the lighting market. It wasn't just about the junction chemistry. But yeah, I'd say it's worth a try at least. As others have said, just be sure to avoid the metal bits. -- rudholm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rudholm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2980 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24415 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
