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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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