Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum

Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: SavannahLion on February 06, 2012, 12:29:25 am

Title: LED leads.
Post by: SavannahLion on February 06, 2012, 12:29:25 am

Not really a technical question or much of anything really....

Is there a purpose for the nibs, bumps, pimples or whatever they are called on LED leads?

I had a hell of a time soldering resistors directly to the LED leads because, I think, I couldn't clean all the old oxide off. My solder blobs have black streaks on them.  :banghead:

Oh well, at least it's not a permanent circuit.

Title: Re: LED leads.
Post by: Richard_Nixon on February 06, 2012, 12:51:16 am

Im pretty sure they are there for depth control when they are being soldered to circuit boards.

Title: Re: LED leads.
Post by: SavannahLion on February 06, 2012, 01:24:12 am

Quote from: Richard_Nixon on February 06, 2012, 12:51:16 am

Im pretty sure they are there for depth control when they are being soldered to circuit boards.

Guess you're not supposed to solder past that point then? Oops, oh well. These are for a breadboard so it's no loss.