Calculating Power

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RRITESH KAKKAR

Joined Jun 29, 2010
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Hello,
There are 3 white leds in series.
total led 15x6 = 90.
30 string with 120 ohms 1/4watt two parallel Resistance so, ~60ohms.
at 12V taking 800mA. I want to calculate the Led power of lights intensity!
How to calculate this??
 

Reloadron

Joined Jan 15, 2015
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Unless you accurately know the true LED Lumens per Watt of the LEDs you can't.

All you really know is the entire circuit, including LEDs and resistors consumes 12 Volts @ 800 mA which is total circuit power of about 9.6 Watts. The 60 Ohm resistors are consuming about 1.2 Watts of the 9.6 Watts leaving 8.4 Watts consumed by the LEDs. However, you still have no way to get back to the Lumens per Watt.

Ron
 

Hypatia's Protege

Joined Mar 1, 2015
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Hello,
There are 3 white leds in series.
total led 15x6 = 90.
30 string with 120 ohms 1/4watt two parallel Resistance so, ~60ohms.
at 12V taking 800mA. I want to calculate the Led power of lights intensity!
How to calculate this??
As I understand your question, you wish to determine the optical output power...

Neglecting loss in the resistive ballasts, conductors, etc...
Optical power (Watts) = Power consumption (Watts)*LED efficiency (lm/W)

Note that (with some qualifications) ~682.779 lm = 1 watt optical power (hence ~682.779 lm/w represents 100% efficiency)

Best regards
HP
 

mcgyvr

Joined Oct 15, 2009
5,394
As stated above the "light intensity" cannot be calculated without the specs/datasheet of that specific LEDs..
 

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RRITESH KAKKAR

Joined Jun 29, 2010
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But there is no data sheet of these local Chinese leds!
they are drum types ! so, we have to calculate total voltage across string x current or per led in series?
 

MrAl

Joined Jun 17, 2014
11,389
Hi,

You can calculate the total electrical power by I*E. You can calculate each LED by I*E also where E is the voltage across that one LED. If you can find the LED part number then you can use the efficacy to estimate the light output, but you have to realize that the data sheet will only show a range of typical values not any exact value.
If you want to know the light output for an unknown part instead then you have to use an integrating light sphere.
 

Reloadron

Joined Jan 15, 2015
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But there is no data sheet of these local Chinese leds!
they are drum types ! so, we have to calculate total voltage across string x current or per led in series?
You can calculate everything I calculated in Post #2, but you mention:
I want to calculate the Led power of lights intensity!
How to calculate this??
The intensity is measured in Lumens and since you do not know the luminosity you can't calculate it short of as MrAl mentions.

Ron
 
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