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Forum: Electronics tech 04-12-2014, 12:48 AM
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Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Water clear T1 (3mm) LEDs in red.

http://www.lc-led.com/Products/department/2

Seems to be a lot available on E-Bay too, if that's an option for you.
Forum: Electronics tech 02-19-2014, 01:00 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Not sure I understand your question 100%.

If you want to trigger a relay 'on', from a radio receiver channel, to run a string of LEDs in series, with the correct resistor, then yes, you can do...
Forum: Electronics tech 02-16-2014, 06:40 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

You're welcome John. I am just glad that you and Cindy are doing well after that accident in December. God Bless!
Forum: Electronics tech 11-29-2013, 12:25 AM
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Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Goose, nice job on the electro-mechanical switches to run your lights. Way back before I knew anything about other methods of turning lights on and off, I had the same exact idea. A limit switch...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-09-2013, 11:27 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Thanks for the suggestion, Keith. Looking at what Ric offers just gave me an idea!
Forum: Electronics tech 09-08-2013, 11:51 PM
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Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Jason and Scott, thanks. Glad this little write up is still useful. Once I start wiring up my Kenworth, I'll update this thread with some photos of how I did it.

Scott, I've been digging around...
Forum: Electronics tech 07-08-2011, 03:18 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

I don't have any experience with MFUs but what I would do is find a relay switch and trigger it to close by wiring it to one of the outputs that the MFU uses to turn on it's own LEDs. Then whenever...
Forum: Electronics tech 01-26-2011, 01:43 AM
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Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Your welcome guys. Always happy to share the knowledge. :D I'm glad it was / will be helpful to you.
Forum: Electronics tech 01-22-2011, 08:35 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

D8R, battle switches can be found here.

http://www.dimensionengineering.com/battleswitch.htm

A lot of different hobbiest electronic suppliers have similar devices, that go by different names,...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-17-2010, 10:21 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Looks good John! Nothing like some working lights to add to the realism of a model.
Forum: Electronics tech 09-17-2010, 02:02 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Actually, I think your finger print on the lense makes it look perfect! :D
Forum: Electronics tech 09-17-2010, 01:17 PM
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Boy, that's a sweet looking tail light, Thor!
Forum: Electronics tech 09-17-2010, 08:26 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Hey John, glad this helped you out a little. So far I haven't gotten to the point of adding LEDs to my semi truck. Lots of other things to do first! But I have added LEDs to some of my other RC...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 12:31 PM
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Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Thanks Thor. As time allows I can explain things a little more in depth, but that should get you guys going.
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 12:19 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

A couple more things I wanted to point out - Your negitive wires become your 'common'. What I mean when I say that is this. All the negitive wires are of the same polarity, potential, and tied...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 12:11 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

And, how about a trailer? :D We need lights on them too.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/Espeefan/TrailerLEDwiringschematic.png
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 12:09 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
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Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

So how about a real world example?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/Espeefan/LEDschematicfortruck.png

I drew up this schematic to show how you could wire up a truck with LEDs. Just to...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 12:07 PM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

One thing you are bound to come across when designing and wiring up multiple LEDs is this. Your supply voltage will only be able to power so many LEDs in series. If you have a 7.2 volt battery...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 11:58 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Okay fellas, I just got done uploading some schematics that I spent a good deal of time drawing up this weekend. I know I hoped to get them uploaded last weekend, but I just ran out of time. My...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 11:22 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Thor, I agree that LEDs can be wired in parallel or in series. There is no arguement there. I just want guys to know that there can be a potential problem if they only use one resistor to drop the...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-13-2010, 03:16 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

The big reason I suggest running a resistor on each LED in parallel is simple. No two LEDs are identical in their construction, which basically means the resistance of each LED, even from the same...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-11-2010, 12:15 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Corbett, no problem at all. I'll try and get something up by the weekend.



There are a couple ways to wire LEDs. If you wire them in parallel, then each LED definitely needs it's own...
Forum: Electronics tech 09-10-2010, 03:49 AM
Replies: 86
Sticky: All About LED's
Views: 108,868
Posted By Espeefan
Re: All About LED's

Give me a little time and I'll see if I can draw up some actual wiring schematics for you to check out. I'll make a couple different versions. One of a truck without an MFU, one with an MFU, for...
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