I had a LED go out

[Laird]

What a bummer. One of my Royal Blues just deiced to not come on anymore. No idea why.

So now I need to replace it, problem is I glued it down with this stuff.
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So how do I get that old one out of the way so I can put on a new one?

 

[keokea]

a chisel will take it off

 

[Laird]

Have you tried it? I can see that going bad in so many different ways.

 

[keokea]

a sharp wood chisel peeled a few off mine. just go easy not to dig into the heatsink

 

[FiReBReTHa]

or a flat head screwdriver :)

 

[Lateral72]

Yep, as others have mentioned, a screw driver or chisel will pop it right off. A thick metal putty knife would be my preference though. Just line it up, so it won't dig into the heatsink, and hit it with a hammer. Once it pops off, sand it with some 120 grit sand paper, then 240 grit, and reinstall a new LED.

 

[Laird]

Good to know. Thanks everybody.

On a side note. Why would the LED go out?

 

[CJO]

Too much amperage going through it, not enough cooling, didn't have it epoxied correctly, just got a bad one.. all of these are possible reasons that it went out.

CJ

 

[Laird]

It worker great for over a year and then my fans went out awhile ago and it must of overheated.

 

[LegoZ81]

if you put it in the freezer it for a few hours it will usually make it easier to remove the epoxied piece as well.