Modding excellent LED lighting article

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  1. i_h8clowns

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    i_h8clowns, 18 Apr 2002
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  2. UnLoadeD

    UnLoadeD What's a Dremel?

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    HAHA I like this quote from that page..."If you overdrive an LED brutally, it'll still end up as a friode, but it will in the interim briefly function as an SED, or Smoke Emitting Diode."

    :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:
     
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  3. Puk

    Puk (A shrewd and knavish sprite)

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    Aye, watch them things, at school i decided it would be amusing to bung 24V DC direct onto the legs of a LED, i still got the small scar from where the burning hot liquid plastic landed on my arm :p also set the firealarm off (well the PSU did) :D

    Oh the joy of youth .....
     
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  4. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    everytime i see i_h8clowns' avatar i get nightmares :(

    IT was one scary movie when you watch it at 13! lol

    I'm 22 now, and it still scares the living daylights out of me ;)
     
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  5. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Beep Beep, Richie.... ;)

    Anyone know how many blue LED's would be required to get a similar effect? Dan mentions in the article that you'd need less, due to the way the eye works (which is good, considering the cost of blue LEDs).
     
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  6. FaIIen

    FaIIen origami killer

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    I think it will be quite expensive to build something like that if you don't have any spare LEDs laying around. It would be better to buy a cold cathode ! ..don't know, my opinion ;)
     
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  7. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    Surely the best line ever from Buffy. I almost killed myself laughing on that one.
     
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  8. Shivoa

    Shivoa What's a Dremel?

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    >considering the cost of blue LEDs

    How much should you pay for blue LEDs (give prices and the related luminosity)?

    I got some 100 mcd blue LEDs from farnell for 28p each (order of 25+) when I ordered it for a group of people. I think they're quite bright enough for my uses (keyboard lights and for GPO connections) but they'd never work for lighting a case (my primary PC is blue LED lit at a stupid expense of something like £20)
     
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  9. enfer_know

    enfer_know What's a Dremel?

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    i personally liked when xander called count dracula a master.......baiter
     
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  10. Digitalblueshift

    Digitalblueshift What's a Dremel?

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    I was on a site that literally had rolls of 1600 Mcd bloo leds, for like $0.05 a piece. I think I still have their site in my favourites, lemme check: Nope, but it was this site that sold surplus electronics of all sorts. It had these things called goldpacks that had a bit of everything in them...
     
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  11. viridius

    viridius What's a Dremel?

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    Actually human eye sensitivity peaks at yellow and drops off towards the red and violet ends of the spectrum.
     
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  12. Fronzel

    Fronzel What's a Dremel?

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    I picked up a whole pot full of blue LEDs at the local surplus store. Turns out, they are designed to replace your car windshield wipers.

    And they are 12 volt. Neat part is they are really bright and have a difuser. I just need to find a use for them.
     
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  13. viridius

    viridius What's a Dremel?

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    Replace your what? How are blue LEDs a substitute for windshield wipers?
     
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  14. GreatOldOne

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    Do you meain washer jets? I've seen 'tricked':rolleyes: out cars that have glowing washer nipples;)
     
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  15. Forsaken

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    aye i seen some of those too, blu :)
     
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