Question about led fiber light source

[Mark]

I have a fiberstars pool light that is broken. I was looking at different
light sources for the fiber and came across this 72 led color changing light
at http://www.mainlandmart.com/ledmart.html The fiber I have, and I'm
guessing here, is about 1/2 in diameter and probably about 75 or so strands.
It's currently in a proprietary connector for the fiberstars setup.

I have a single led keychain and I can see it at the pool end of the fiber
when I shine it in the other end.

Would the 72 led color changing lamp from the above site be a decent light
souce? The led setup is 3 inches diameter, what would be the best way to
focus or connect this to my 1/2 cable without losing too much effectiveness
of the leds?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[Jeff Engel]

I have a fiberstars pool light that is broken. I was looking at different
light sources for the fiber and came across this 72 led color changing light
at http://www.mainlandmart.com/ledmart.html The fiber I have, and I'm
guessing here, is about 1/2 in diameter and probably about 75 or so strands.
It's currently in a proprietary connector for the fiberstars setup.

I have a single led keychain and I can see it at the pool end of the fiber
when I shine it in the other end.

Would the 72 led color changing lamp from the above site be a decent light
souce? The led setup is 3 inches diameter, what would be the best way to
focus or connect this to my 1/2 cable without losing too much effectiveness
of the leds?

Thanks,

Mark

The consensus from most of the 10,000 people who read your post is: "Try
it and see how it looks, and then tell all of us about your experiment"

 

[TKM]

I have a fiberstars pool light that is broken. I was looking at different
light sources for the fiber and came across this 72 led color changing
light at http://www.mainlandmart.com/ledmart.html The fiber I have, and
I'm guessing here, is about 1/2 in diameter and probably about 75 or so
strands. It's currently in a proprietary connector for the fiberstars
setup.

I have a single led keychain and I can see it at the pool end of the fiber
when I shine it in the other end.

Would the 72 led color changing lamp from the above site be a decent light
souce? The led setup is 3 inches diameter, what would be the best way to
focus or connect this to my 1/2 cable without losing too much
effectiveness of the leds?

Thanks,

Mark

Fiberstars uses a clever bit of optics to match their light source to the
fiber with minimal losses, so it's unlikely that you'll be able to do as
well with the LEDs. Plus the LEDs have far fewer lumens, so your pool is
going to have less light -- probably much less.

Matching the output of the LEDs to the fiber is critical.

Terry McGowan