I've been watching this while on the road While this response is probably off, in the strictest sense of the word, S-Scale topic, I believe it will cill a hole for the modelling community. As I have finally gotten back home and out of the maelstrom, I offer the following resources for your consideration:
Probably the best panel LED supplier I've seen is Plus Opto at: http://www.plusopto.co.uk/ledlamps/panelmount.html in the UK....great variety, but commercial quantities only... Then there's those already mentioned, Mouser, DigiKey, Jameco and Allied. I haven't seen Light Pipes mentioned yet for lighting applications. Not a brand, but a solution, Digi-Key has several options listed. They are made of acrylic that is cast into useful rod-like shapes, but are somewhat limited to typical circuitboard to panel applications... However, you can make your own out of small diameter acrylic rod, by heat shaping, cutting, polishing and forming the ends (one to match the LED you want to use and the other to match the hole, either smaller or larger that you want to light). A great supplier for acrylic rod is ePlastics at http://www.eplastics.com/Plastic/Plexiglass-Extruded-Acrylic-Rod . Don't forget a great ebay source for warm white LEDs at http://cgi.ebay.com/100-5mm-LED-Warm-White-FLAT-TOP-Wide-Angle-13000-mcd-/260365383869 and I would advise avoiding Amazon and resort to Radio shack in only the most dire circumstances. Without putting too fine a point on it, I can get almost anyhting sold at RS for 20-40% less somewhere else and save my gas for things I need it for. Here are some more.... An intersting guy named Alan Parekh has a projects website with a store and lots of high-brightness LED stuff. Then there's All Electronics at http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/340/LEDs/1.html and ALLTRonics at http://www.alltronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=31 whee I often will buy the little black plastic panel clips for ELDs that I tend to prefer over the chrome ones..... and Electronics Goldmine at http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/departments.asp?dept=1088 where I tend to buy bulk, and Marlin P. Jones at http://www.mpja.com/departments.asp?dept=122 plus great prices on high capacity power supplies!!, and on the general materials and unusual items front, I've used Online metals at http://www.onlinemetals.com/ and the two I love most in all the hardware world, American Model Engineering Supply at http://www.americanmodeleng.com/ and Small Parts at http://www.smallparts.com/ I'm sure there are a lot of other resources, but these are those that I have come back to again and again over the years. They do a good job at what they do. Best Regards and Happy Model RR-ing! Chuck Cluff --- In [email protected], "David Heine" <davesn3@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > Digi-Key shows a number of panel mount LED's, some bi-color in their > catalog. Check out pages 2822-2823 of their online catalog for a start. > You should be able to access manufacturer's data sheets online from the > Digi-Key site for detailed information. > > http://www.digikey.com/ > > http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/US2011/2822-2823.pdf > > Mouser Electronics also has some. > > http://www.mouser.com/Optoelectronics/LED-Indication/LED-Panel-Mount-Indicat > ors/_/N-74ga2/ > > All Electronics might have some, but they are more of a surplus place, so > it's more hit or miss, and some of their stuff is used, but they will tell > you. > > http://www.allelectronics.com/ > > I've dealt with all three (and others) over the years. > > Dave Heine > Easton, PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bill Lane > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 8:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} LED update > > All, > > > > I talked to Bill last night. The LEDs are from Miniatronics which means they > are not anything special. I am getting a pack of them to fiddle with. For > future I am probably going to be looking for the 3 leg LEDS, and I think > they would be easier to wire. In a moment of brain fade I thought Bill's > were in a panel mount, but he said they are just force fit into a hole in > the panel. 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