Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls > Curt wrote: > > Looking around I found a bag of through hole LEDs I'd > bought but never used. Dropping one cell from my battery > pack gives me 3.6v using rechargeable batteries which I > tested and appeared

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
: fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs > Curt wrote: > > If you're going to play with > rechargable batteries a good charger is a must, I agree! &

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
n List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs Very few, but our property abuts a very dense forest who's tree canopy extends over our property. As a result, even on a moonlit night it's still v

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls > Curt wrote: > > Tonight while I was not watching television I learned how > to wire in a diode. I'm rebuilding the light I use over my > bed at camp converting it from fluorescent to LED. > I'd wired

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
way to use up D cells that aren't powerful enough to run the camp shower... -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 9:48 AM S

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
y 11, 2016 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls I got a bag of like 25 LEDs with dropping resistors for operation on 12VDC on Amazon for $8.00, I think. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 11, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@ok

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
You can buy LEDs with the resistor already integrated. Better to supply your own. LED's, like _most_ semiconductors, may not be wired directly in parallel. Most semiconductors have a positive temperature coefficient, which means they draw _more_ current as they heat up. Resulting in more

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls

2016-01-11 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I got a bag of like 25 LEDs with dropping resistors for operation on 12VDC on Amazon for $8.00, I think. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jan 11, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > You can buy LEDs with the resistor already integrated. In fact I think

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That looks perfect although I can't tell how long the connecting cable is between the lamp and the solar collector. On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Get one of the HF things, 40 bucks yer good ta go >

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs Get one of the HF things, 40 bucks yer good ta go http://www.harborfreigh

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
23 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs This would be perfect to light up my front steps. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B017JIEHIG/ref=sr_1_2_olp?ie=UTF8=1452536038=8-2=solar+motion+lights=new On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Th

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Get one of the HF things, 40 bucks yer good ta go http://www.harborfreight.com/60-led-solar-security-light-69643.html Get the 20% coupon and it's $32. Hard to go wrong. --R On 1/11/16 12:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: What I really need is a solar powered lighting fixture with

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
What I really need is a solar powered lighting fixture with a motion sensor to light up my back yard shed. On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > You can buy LEDs with the resistor already integrated. >> > > Better to supply your own. > >

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
This would be perfect to light up my front steps. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B017JIEHIG/ref=sr_1_2_olp?ie=UTF8=1452536038=8-2=solar+motion+lights=new On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote: > That looks perfect although I can't tell how long

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
What I really need is a solar powered lighting fixture with a motion sensor to light up my back yard shed. Go to HF. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
How many acres comprise the wooded Dan Penoff back 40? On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 2:57 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > Curt wrote: > > > > If you're going to play with > > rechargable batteries a good charger is a must, > > I agree! > > > The MH-9000 is the gold standard:

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
w Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 1:23 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs > > This would be perfect to light up my fr

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
than an hour a week I wouldn't think. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs Thanks,

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Curt wrote: > > If you're going to play with > rechargable batteries a good charger is a must, I agree! > The MH-9000 is the gold standard:  http://www.amazon.com/PowerEx-MH-C9000-WizardOne-Charger-Analyzer-Batteries/dp/B003DIGKOG/ The LaCross BC-700 is a mighty sweet charger for a lot less.

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
el via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 1:23 PM >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs >> >> This would be perfec

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs

2016-01-11 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Very few, but our property abuts a very dense forest who's tree canopy extends over our property. As a result, even on a moonlit night it's still very dark out back. I'm only concerned with having some light around the screen door that opens from the lanai into the back yard. I considered one

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls

2016-01-11 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Curt wrote: > > Looking around I found a bag of through hole LEDs I'd > bought but never used. Dropping one cell from my battery > pack gives me 3.6v using rechargeable batteries which I > tested and appeared to be acceptable with my 35ma LEDs so I > rewired the thing with those. Again, the

Re: [MBZ] Using LEDs - was OT: Politics are angrier polls

2016-01-10 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Curt wrote: > > Tonight while I was not watching television I learned how > to wire in a diode. I'm rebuilding the light I use over my > bed at camp converting it from fluorescent to LED. > I'd wired the LEDs in 2 strings with a 3 position switch, I > wanted one position to turn on one string