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thetered:

--- Quote from: oic989 on July 01, 2005, 12:18:44 am ---Got my buttons today.
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shawnzilla:
The method that works best for me is to remove the plunger & spring, put the led inside the bezel (with one lead going out of each hole in the bottom, and then replace the spring & plunger.

Knievel also has posted a method for drilling a hole in the bottom and mounting it that way.

Personally, I didn't have much luck lighthing it from the sides as the plastic seems to be too thick.

To answer why these don't have an led holder built-in....I did not come up with the physical design of these. The manufacturer modified the colors of an existing product to my specifications, because they already had the mold. To have them make a custom mold for me would have cost thouands of dollars.

Quarters, your invoice is coming pretty quick as I am about to receive my new batch of microswitches today or tomorrow.

oic989:
Thanks for the input on the LED mounting.

One other silly question. What kind of voltage should we be throwing at these? 5v? 12v? Something else? Doesn't matter because of the resistor?

Thanks!

NY_in_TX:
I GOT MINE!!!! 

Shawnzilla, you rule!!! 


shawnzilla:

--- Quote from: oic989 on July 01, 2005, 08:17:00 am ---Thanks for the input on the LED mounting.

One other silly question. What kind of voltage should we be throwing at these? 5v? 12v? Something else? Doesn't matter because of the resistor?

Thanks!

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The resistors that I use are for 12V operation. I think you'll need to get a different resistor for 5V operation.

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