If you look in a good parts catalog you will find that almost every LED avail. does not contain a resistor, etc. And there are many dozens to choose from.
If you have a current limit resistor in series with an LED you can see at a glance roughly how much current is flowing. You may want to choose one of the ultrabright LED's. Radio Shack only stocks a tiny fraction of what you will find in a good mail order catalog such as Mouser Electronics. They are by far the best source that I have ever seen for variety, low cost and great service. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 1999 7:13 PM Subject: Re: CS>Intro and questions > A lot of the LEDs on the market now have built in current limit, flashers, > etc. It seems to make more sense to me to use a current limiting resistor in > series rather than a light bulb or an LED though. Any thoughts on this? > > Andy > > In a message dated 12/11/1999 8:02:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > All single LED's have a voltage rating of > approx. 2 volts DC (not 5 or 14V!). The > max. current rating for most LED's is > around 20mA. They will light up (not too > brightly) at 1mA or less and gradually > increase reaching full brightness as you > approach 10mA. > > O.K. to use in series with ANY low voltage > DC circuit (up to 20mA). Best to use a > current limiting resistor. Otherwise the > LED will burn out right quick when the > silver wires touch (or get shorted by the > silver growth on the cathode). Won't > happen if you limit current. > > Bil > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: G&B Rogers <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 7:41 AM > Subject: CS>Intro and questions > > > > Hello listers from a newbie, > > I bought a CS generator and after seeing how simple it is, have tried my > > hand at making some, hopefully to give to family for holiday gifts. The > > version I am using is the one that comes from the Beck papers. My only > > difficulty is getting a 24 grain of wheat bulb. I substituted a 14 v. > > green LED bulb on the first one I made, (as a similar LED bulb was used on > > the generator I purchased - although it uses only a 9 v. battery) but it > > was quite difficult to see if the bulb was even lighting up. The flow > > through the silver wire electrode was somewhat slow, I thought it would > > work "faster" with the 27 voltage of batteries soldered in series than the > > 9v powered purchased machine, but it didn't. > > > > My second version used a red 5v LED with integrated resistor, but when I > > tested it, within seconds the water became cloudy. > > > > My questions are these: > > 1) Can this be built without a bulb - just the three 9v clips in series > > connected to alligator clips via zipper insulated wire? > > 2) What would cause the second version (5v red LED) to make the water > > cloudy so quickly, and is there a way to fix this? > > 3) can other bulbs besides the recommended one (24v) be used for the 27v > > battery version? > > 4) I have been using the CS mostly for external disinfection so have been > > using primarily purified water, not distilled. When I use distilled, even > > when I leave the electrodes in for an hour, I do not get the golden color. > > I have been adding only a drop of a baking soda solution to the distilled > > water that I read helps with the process. > > > > Any suggestions for making these CS would be appreciated! I'm rather in a > > time crunch since I need to get these done for the holidays. I figured > > that with Y2K, all of my family could use having a generator on hand! > > > > I haven't done any of this kind of thing since I was a kid building Heath > > kits with my dad, so if my explanations aren't clear enough, please > forgive > > me. > > > > Thank you, > > Beth > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > Return-Path: <[email protected]> > Received: from rly-zb02.mx.aol.com (rly-zb02.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.2]) by > air-zb02.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:02:02 1900 > Received: from mx1.eskimo.com (mx1.eskimo.com [204.122.16.48]) by > rly-zb02.mx.aol.com (v66.4) with ESMTP; Sat, 11 Dec 1999 23:01:52 -0500 > Received: (from smart...@localhost) > by mx1.eskimo.com (8.9.1a/8.8.8) id UAA29473; > Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:01:46 -0800 > Resent-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 20:01:46 -0800 > Message-ID: <00a101bf4455$5e5682a0$6fd4d...@x2001> > From: "2001 TV VCR" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > References: <v01520d00b477d750d...@[207.198.174.104]> > Subject: Re: CS>Intro and questions > Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 17:42:59 -0800 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 > Resent-Message-ID: <"ZT-HJ1.0.QC7.gunKu"@mx1> > Resent-From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/17587 > X-Loop: [email protected] > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: [email protected] > > >> >
