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--- Quote from: RandyT on August 07, 2007, 06:38:42 pm ---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 --- End quote --- Nice work checking them out before ragging on them. I guess they are an option to use just like the novagems. But personally I think the novagems are crap when compared to your electric ice buttons. The multiple colors still kicks ass and blows everyone away that sees them. Looking forward to the comparison pics. |
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