HOW TO IDENTIFY LED IS CREE ORIGINAL ?

As we can see CREE LED chips are more and more popular and widely used on auto LED Driving Light Bar, Auto LED work lights. People are happy to pay for it for its Best Performances in Lumen Output, Lifespan, Stability etc.

That's Why CREE LEDs are being copied cheaply all over the world for up to 500% profit !. Clients find it is very difficult to purchase a good LED Light Bar and LED Driving Light with Original CREE LED chips.

Did you ever have customer claims about LED diodes burnt in LED Light Bar / LED Work Lights ?

Did you evey doubt the " CREE LED chips " you purchased are real original CREE ?

Are you having more defect rate than it should be ?

Did you find the brightness of LED Light Bar you resell are not so bright as before ?

Anyhow,LightBoss is here to teach you how to identify the original from fake CREE LEDs.

Firstly,let's see which models of LED chips from CREE Inc., are widely used in LED Light Bars / LED Work Lights.The more are used, the more are copied.

CREE Models	Size	Base Colour	Photo Ref.
XB-D 3Watts	2.45 x 2.45 mm	Yellow
XT-E 5Watts	3.45 x 3.45 mm	Yellow
XML 10Watts	5.0 x 5.0 mm	Green
XML2 10Watts	5.0 x 5.0 mm	White

P.S.,CREE XML are copied by many factories so CREE Inc., developed XML-2 to replace it and doesn't product it any more. Don't expect too much on having it on your CREE LED Light Bars or CREE LED Work Lights.
Remember the difference: XML green base and XML-2 White base.

Secondly,following are 5 ways to judge whether LED chips are CREE Original .

1, Get a microscope and judge by eyes after scraping the fluorescent power and lens on LED chip. You will find CREE LED chips are produced with exquisite workmanship.
Tips: Iphone camera can also do this if you zoom it up.

2, If you have a real original one before, compare it with the one you doubt.

3, If you are distributor,reseller, you are responsible to give your clients a real CREE LED Light Bar / CREE LED work Light as they have paid for.

So, Buy one from famous companies like KC LIGHTS, PIAA, RIGID ,HELLA Or purchase from LightBoss directly with lower cost.

4, Send one piece of LED chip to CREE Inc., for testing report,I don't think they will refuse you.Also you can contact LightBoss for help.

5, A very simple way to identify XBD 3W,XTE 5W CREE LED chips.Put LED chips under the light and use Iphone camera to zoom it up, you will find a " X " symbol inside the lens.(This way is only used for XB-D and X-TE CREE LED chips)

Below photo shows how the X symbol looks like with zoom up 

With the knowledge above,Let's go to enjoy the driving with CREE LED Light Bars !
Thanks to CREE Inc., for their contribution to vehicle Driving Lights field!
                                                                                                                                                                   

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                                                                      August 3, 2017