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andrewonawall:
I did a search for "LED" and was suprised to come up with nothing.

I want to use LEDs in by cab to light up the coin doors, trackball, and possibly even more. They are brighter, last longer, and I have been told that that they also use less power but I don't really know if that is true. The problem is that I know very little about them. I have read the oscarcontrols site about the PCB he made for LED lighting; however, I don't have the time and experience to create such a thing.  Is there a product out there that I can purchase that does the same thing???
Additionally, I still don't know what specific lights I need.  I need to know what intensity I need, 1000mcd, 5000mcd, etc???. What about the wave length??? What would be good for a track ball, and would that also be good for a coin door??? About sizes, what is the difference between T-1 and T-1 3/4???  
I am using long translucent buttons too, and thought that it may be a good to use LEDs to light them as well. Wico also sells leaf switch assemblies that have a lamp mount on them, so should I wire up a single LED to light each individual button??? I am worried that if I don't and just have them in the space below the CP, then they won't be bright enough.  
There are many colors available, which I will be using to change the color of the coin slots to corespond with the color scheme of the 4p CP.  But for the translucent controls that are already colored plastic, the track ball and buttons, should I purchase LEDs in the coresponding colors or just stick with the white???  The color LEDs that I have seen always seemed to be a little dimmer than the white, but this may actually be appropriate if the white is so bright that it clearly shines through the colored plastic (again to the issue of brightness). ???

JustMichael:

--- Quote from: andrewonawall on May 09, 2004, 06:11:21 am ---I did a search for "LED" and was suprised to come up with nothing.
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Sounds like you tried the Google search link.  I would advise trying the search link at the top of each page instead.  For some reason google doesn't search all the mesageboard pages.

andrewonawall:

--- Quote from: JustMichael on May 09, 2004, 06:55:43 am ---Sounds like you tried the Google search link.  I would advise trying the search link at the top of each page instead.  For some reason google doesn't search all the mesageboard pages.

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Nope, I was using the site search from the top of the page.

HaRuMaN:
LED's last virtually forever... and they consume very little power.  They make high intensity LED's, and it's not hard to power them.  Just apply DC of the right voltage (make sure you get the polarity right) and its on.  As simple as that.

Industen:
You can find how to wire on my tutorials. Many other things too. Hope this helps  :)

Speaker Lighting

http://joelsgadgets.com/SpeakerLighting.html

Coin Door Lighting

http://joelsgadgets.com/CoindoorPage2.HTML


Button Lighting

http://joelsgadgets.com/lightedbuttons.html


Power Supply Hack

http://joelsgadgets.com/PopnMusic2.html


I'll do it for you if you really don't know what you are doing

http://joelsgadgets.com/ledhelp.html

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