Switching Leds

[HomerSapien]

I want to switch the little green power led with a blue one in my lian-li pc60. I remember that the longer leg of the led is the ground or the negative side. It looks like i can just clip the wires off, reattach the led with the heat shrink or electrical tape and it should work.

Does that sound right? I wont ruin the led if i have the longer leg going to the wrong wire will I?

 

[mothman]

You won't damage the LED by testing it
temporaily even if you have it hooked up
reverse polarity. As long as the circuit
your hooking it to is designed for a LED.
ie: the power LED header on the motherboard.

You can't hook up a LED straight to a power
source like the power connector for a drive unit.
It will blow imediatly without a current limiting resister.

Hope this helps

 

[HomerSapien]

Yeah, it helps, basically i was going to take off the current green one and put the blue one on. I was just wondering if i had the steps to change it correct and if anybody has any tips.

 

[TheVoid]

I was thinking of doing the same thing on my Antec SX1030. Anything special I should know and where should I get the blue LED? Should Radio Shack have it?

 

[gogeeta13]

the blue ones draw slightly more current, but up to this point, everymobo i have tried it in, it was fine. You should have nothing to worry about!

 

[mothman]

You shouldn't have any problems.
Didn't mean to give a lesson on LEDs.
Heat shrink will be better than tape.

If you have a spare/old 3 or 2 pin
female connector from a fan
you could attach it to your wires
and then push it on to the LED pins
once you clip the wires off.

 

[nnnyyy]

Anyone know where I can get blue or white LEDs?

 

[jere01]

Bump

I'd also like to know whether Radio Shack has the right LEDs. Will any LED work or does it have to be a certain voltage? And if so what voltage LED is required?

 

[HomerSapien]

sweet. im going to have to get some of the heat shrinks tomorrow then.

 

[HomerSapien]

Finished. That was easy. Now im looking around for more leds to replace. hehe. Hmmm...That led in my klipsch speakers would look good if it were blue

 

[jere01]

Where did you get the LEDs from?

 

[DiamondFire13]

I tested my MB's outputs to the LED's using an DMM and it was like 4 volts or so, so I just used the 3.7 volt LED's without a resistor. it turned out the same on my klipsch speakers.

The short wire is the ground.

Paul

 

[Fuzzmuncher]

jere, everyone's ignoring you

I got mine at radioshack

 

[RichieZ]

You dont' even have to solder/heatshrink on the Antec SX series. It has its own little holder, just pull it out and slip a new one in. THe one from radio shack worked fine. Blue power LED, and I put the green one on the HD (much cooler than red)

 

[frizzlefry]

<< Anyone know where I can get blue or white LEDs? >>


You can get Blue leds from allelectronics.com
digikey.com

sorry too lazy for linky

 

[HomerSapien]

I got it from radio shack. It was 2.99, but i only wanted one at the time. They are cheaper when you buy them online in bulk.