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OK...Found the LED's (Scott's Odds-N-Ends has them. Now my question is, Do I want coll white or warm white LED for building illumination?
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warm white,the regular white puts odd an unpleasant bluish light. It would also help to paint the surface (inside of the roof for example) that the light reflects off of Krylon antique white or ivory. This makes the warm white even closer to light bulbs in appearance.
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Here is another place where I purchase some lights :
http://www.trainaidsa.com/index.shtml Lots of applications for many of their LEDs. Rick ____________________________________________________________ http://web.me.com/nydiah/main/...Blog/Train_Blog.html  |
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I'm trying to illuminate some plastic buildings on my layout. When using LED's do any of you favor one type of socket over another or is it just personal preference?
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When using LEDs to light interior of buildings, you should use surface mount LEDs over the traditional LED. Reason is, a surface mount LED with cast light in a 180 degree arc, while a standard LED casts the light out in one direction (note the lens appearance at the tip). The effect of using standard LEDs will be like using spot flood lamps in your building over normal light bulbs. I made this mistake several years ago when building a general store laser kit. I wound up using the wrong type of LED, and required 3 times as many lights to give me the same light output as 4 or 5 bulbs....
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townandcountryhobbies . com has 18vac bayonet and screw base, $60.00 for 50. Best deal around. I have 250 in use. They work great
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...George, thats a good price. Are those the "warm white" LEDs? ......BTW, Ive been told you can sand the top of the LEDs so they have a wider light pattern. Anybody try this? "And the sons of pullman porters,and the sons of engineers,ride their fathers magic carpet made of steel" |
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Have you found a good source for surface mount warm white LEDs? |
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http://cgi.ebay.com/New-100X-S...7C293%3A1%7C294%3A30
I use these above, I am very happy with them and have had good results.. There is also a super bright 5 chip version.. http://cgi.ebay.com/50PC-5mm-5...3bdf1#ht_4337wt_3233 Note these pull 100ma not a problem when series wiring. great for larger buildings. Dale H Another fine product of the Cleveland Public School system. |
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Hi Bobbycakes...No, I have not found a source for surface mount LEDs. They are around, but I decided it was easier to just use Minitronics 14 volt bulbs, and run them on 9 - 10 volts. At this voltage, they are as bright as they would be at 14 volts, but will last significantly longer. The surface mount LEDs will most likely be found at a "Scientic Surplus Supply" type of store, I'm not sure if Radio Shack sells them or not. Another source might be an amateur radio supply house like Amateur Electronics, but again, this is only a guess.....
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I imagine mouser.com would stock surface-mount LEDs...
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Walmart sells LED bulbs that replace the standard 4 watt night-light bulb.
Even though it's 120v it would be a good way to light a large open interior building. I think they are $3. for a 2 pack. |
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