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bfauska:

well, there y'all go again.  48 buttons and they all get used.  Who'd a thunk it. 

Glad to hear you use all 4 players, so few people do.

Green Giant:

Damn, did you buy your wire by the yard to hook all that up?

So any offers yet on that ledwiz?  When does the bidding end? 

You wouldn't happen to go by lemoncade on ebay would you?

rlehm:

the current offer is at 11.00
i have been offered 20.00 by PM here, but I do not remove auctions and make the sale, it's against ebay policies. Yes, rlehm=lemoncade


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320143507451&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=011

the auction stands at 11.00 so far. never used for more than wiring. it never had power to it, i thought the USB powered it, so no way I could have damaged it, unless hooking the provided USB to it can destroy it.

RandyT:


--- Quote from: TOK on July 31, 2007, 09:03:11 pm ---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.



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--- Quote from: TOK on August 01, 2007, 07:34:49 pm ---Where is that "told ya so" smiley?  ;)

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No "TYS" smiley for you today.   :)

As I wrote earlier. I ordered two packages of these and took the $20 "bite" so hopefully others won't have to.  They arrived today.  Compared to the lights in the GGG NovaGem buttons, these LED's are L-A-A-A-A-A-ME  They are utterly inferior for button lighting, even to the "ButtonBlaster" LED's that GGG offers.  I fully encourage anyone who might be considering these to do an objective comparison between the two and post their findings.  What follows are my results.

These "12v" LEDs are nothing more than garden variety, narrow cone (poor for buttons) "high-bright" LEDs with a small resistor in-line with one of the leads.  There is a length of wire attached and the resistor / LED leads are covered in heat shrink.

They are as bright as any other cheap "high-bright" LED.  At the distance required for bottom mounting in a button, they project about a 5/8" diameter spot.  This is barely large enough to cover the clear area of the plunger, let alone the surrounding bezel.  This means that any lighting the bezel gets is incidental, and the majority of it blows right out onto the ceiling.

After what has been said about these things, I thought the first one I tested was a dud or that my power supply was whacked.  I check my voltages and tried another.  Same poor performance.  Anyone expecting these to even approach what our lighting does, should not.  They don't even come close.  The light output and angle pales tremendously next to the NG light source.  I may post some pictures in a day or two to really demonstrate this, but unfortunately no time at the moment.

RandyT

zabrin:

Hey rlehm.. first, nice controller....second, what sticks are those and how did you light em' up....

Z.

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