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Novagem pushbuttons vs modifying Happs Translucents
Hoopz:
I have the Novagems and they look great. I'm not sure that they have a different profile than the regular Happ buttons. I can swap them out in the same holes without any issues. The fit identically.
Ginsu Victim:
I can swear at one point RandyT said Novagems are just Happ Translucents with a hole drilled in them.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on December 11, 2009, 04:04:44 pm ---I can swear at one point RandyT said Novagems are just Happ Translucents with a hole drilled in them.
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Tis true. They are.
Bobulus:
Well, where you were guys a week ago. :P
Oh well. This way, I'm saving myself some work. I even paid a little extra for the wires to be pre-attached, so all I'll have to do is wire them to the ledwizs.
Now comes the hard part: the wait for parts to ship. :)
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Hoopz on December 11, 2009, 05:12:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on December 11, 2009, 04:04:44 pm ---I can swear at one point RandyT said Novagems are just Happ Translucents with a hole drilled in them.
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Tis true. They are.
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As for the actual buttons, this is true. And the buttons, AFAIK, are made by IL, as they always were, with all of their faults (poor green) and benefits intact.
The benefit of the NovaGem button is the high output light source, which has for several months now been shipped mounted to a custom PCB instead of attaching directly to the button as it did in the past.
So the actual button part is just half of what a NovaGem Lighted button is. And soon, the button won't be the same anymore as well. :)
RandyT