1 Watt High Power Star LED - Yellow / Gold

The 1 Watt Star Yellow High Power LED delivers significantly more output than standard 20mA indicator LEDs — built for applications where brightness matters: flashlight builds, grow lights, reef aquarium fixtures, stage lighting, and DIY fishing lights.

Mounting: Mounted on a 20mm aluminum star PCB for heatsinking. Solder or thermal-adhesive to an aluminum heatsink — active cooling (fan) recommended above 1W continuous.

Common applications

• Primary: automotive fog light builds, stage lighting amber channel, decorative high-power accent, signal and warning applications
• DIY flashlight modification: Replace or upgrade the emitter in Convoy S2+, Emisar D4V2, Noctigon, Maglite, and P60 drop-in hosts. The flashlight modding community (BudgetLightForum, CandlePowerForums, r/flashlight) is the largest buyer of individual high-power star LEDs.
• Stage and theatrical lighting: Build RGBW par cans and spot fixtures with individually driven color channels. DMX-controllable with constant-current drivers.
• Machine vision and inspection: High-power illumination for camera inspection systems, UV fluorescence inspection, and industrial quality control.

Power and thermal management

These LEDs come pre-mounted on a 20mm aluminum star PCB that acts as a heatsink. For most applications the star PCB provides sufficient thermal management on its own — no additional heatsink is required for typical duty cycles. For continuous high-duty-cycle applications (e.g. grow light arrays running 12+ hours), mounting the star to an aluminum surface improves heat dissipation. Use a constant-current LED driver (Meanwell LDD series, BuckPuck) rather than a simple resistor — constant-current drivers maintain consistent brightness and prevent thermal runaway.

Pair with

• Power supplies — constant-current LED drivers (Meanwell LDD recommended)
• TIR optics / reflectors — focus or spread the beam for your application (60° for flood, 15° for throw)

Sold individually (1 LED per quantity ordered).