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| TOK:
--- Quote from: RandyT on July 30, 2007, 05:27:22 pm --- --- Quote from: TOK on July 30, 2007, 04:58:26 pm ---In my opinion, the easiest is to get 12v automotive LEDs and connect them directly to the yellow lead of a power supply lead. No resistors, no adapters. I drilled small holes in Happ translucents and stuck them up inside. --- End quote --- Yes, but how do they look with the lights on? :) RandyT --- End quote --- Ambient light... Its an arcade room, so it's not supposed to be well lit. ;) |
| whammoed:
--- Quote from: TOK on July 30, 2007, 04:58:26 pm ---In my opinion, the easiest is to get 12v automotive LEDs and connect them directly to the yellow lead of a power supply lead. No resistors, no adapters. I drilled small holes in Happ translucents and stuck them up inside. --- End quote --- I'm confused. The automotive 12v LEDs I have used, have all been built into a base (like a wedge or bayonet base) with the resistor built in. That pic looks like just wires directly on the bulb...but I've never heard of a 12v LED. Are you sure thats not a tiny incandescent bulb. If it is truly an LED can you provide a link to an example? |
| TOK:
--- Quote from: whammoed on July 31, 2007, 06:35:38 pm ---I'm confused. The automotive 12v LEDs I have used, have all been built into a base (like a wedge or bayonet base) with the resistor built in. That pic looks like just wires directly on the bulb...but I've never heard of a 12v LED. Are you sure thats not a tiny incandescent bulb. If it is truly an LED can you provide a link to an example? --- End quote --- These are from Pep Boys, and yes they're LED's, but thanks for the vote of stupidity. ;) They're available in multiple colors too. I matched them to the button colors and they're incredibly vibrant. 7 bucks for a 3 pack. Here is a picture of the package. Every time I post this, people seem to think I'm incorrect or the setup is inferior... Yes they're bright, yes they're cheap, and yes its as easy as stripping some wires and connecting them to an existing plug on your power supply. |
| whammoed:
--- Quote from: TOK on July 31, 2007, 09:03:11 pm --- --- Quote from: whammoed on July 31, 2007, 06:35:38 pm ---I'm confused. The automotive 12v LEDs I have used, have all been built into a base (like a wedge or bayonet base) with the resistor built in. That pic looks like just wires directly on the bulb...but I've never heard of a 12v LED. Are you sure thats not a tiny incandescent bulb. If it is truly an LED can you provide a link to an example? --- End quote --- These are from Pep Boys, and yes they're LED's, but thanks for the vote of stupidity. ;) They're available in multiple colors too. I matched them to the button colors and they're incredibly vibrant. 7 bucks for a 3 pack. Here is a picture of the package. Every time I post this, people seem to think I'm incorrect or the setup is inferior... Yes they're bright, yes they're cheap, and yes its as easy as stripping some wires and connecting them to an existing plug on your power supply. --- End quote --- Cool. Thanks for the reply. Wasn't a vote for stupidity, I was just ignorant of the product. Haven't been to Pep boys in a while. They must have incorporated resistance within the bulb itself somehow...I guess. Cool nonetheless. Maybe not "cheap", but definitely easy. (easy usually wins with me) 8) |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: TOK on July 31, 2007, 09:03:11 pm ---Every time I post this, people seem to think I'm incorrect or the setup is inferior... Yes they're bright, yes they're cheap, and yes its as easy as stripping some wires and connecting them to an existing plug on your power supply. --- End quote --- From what I can see, they aren't really a bargain, and they don't appear to compare to the light output of the source used in the NovaGems. Do they list any specifications for these units at all? The Pilot Automotive web site is no help. Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking the approach. Just stating that the end result going to be different than other approaches, and whether that result is "inferior" is going to depend on the application and what is expected by the user. The same can be said for any approach mentioned in this thread. RandyT |
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