Where do you guys buy BLUE LED's from?

[dieselstation]

Radio Shack? Electronics store? where?

 

[Fuzzmuncher]

Got mine from Radio Shack

 

[Fearlss1]

also you can purchase these bad boys from almost any car audio shop..
-=nate293468

 

[Belegost]

Jameco has a good selection of LEDs, and very reasonable prices.

 

[bomb99]

dieselstation are you trying to get this and mod it on your phone to replace the green LEDs? if you are, and you found some, let me know i'm looking for these and ebay cost aroudn 30 for a set of 12 shipped

 

[frizzlefry]

Try digikey

This is where I get all my electronic components from. The Blue LEDs sell for about 2.67/pc <10qty. 10 of them for about $25
There are some other places too.

All Electronics cheap place for components
They have blue ones in qty of 10-99 for $2.25/pc It depends what size you want. Just take a look around and you'll find em.

-edit-
Jsut looked at radio shack's online prices. Is this really how much you guys have been paying for them? WOW! Use Digikey. They're huge and almost always have them in stock . All Electroncis is a good place too.

Also when you check with digikey or allelectronics, check the specs and make sure yo uare getting the correct viewing angle. I think typically you would want the blue clear with angle of about 25 degrees. Correct me if I'm worng on this.

 

[Dan]

I got mine at Radio Shack. The part number is: 276-311.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

just goto your local electronic stores, they should have some.

 

[GiZzO]

I also got mine from digikey, gotta order past $25 dollars to aviod the $5 handling cost, get grills and stuff there cheap there too!

 

[GAbOS]

www.caseetc.com tons of kewl Case moding materials and tools

 

[ManuTOmanU]

Hey, if you hook those blue leds up, what voltage do those need???

I hooked mine to the regular connector where the small ones used to be on, but that doesn't seem to have enough voltage.. the lights don't light up constantly (not a HDD connector) but flicker... go on and off...

 

[crazyjoekuta]

did you put a 470 ohm resistor on it?

 

[Mday]

radio shack.

actually, i ordered a few white leds for making myself a ghetto flash light. as well as a little desktop lamp =) $2.09 each i think.

i bought my blue LEDs at radioshack..

 

[frizzlefry]

<< Hey, if you hook those blue leds up, what voltage do those need???

I hooked mine to the regular connector where the small ones used to be on, but that doesn't seem to have enough voltage.. the lights don't light up constantly (not a HDD connector) but flicker... go on and off... >>



If I remember correctly, typically, w/ 5V supllied to LED, use a 220ohm to 1Kohm resistor. Depending on how bright you want it. Some LEDs cannot handle that much current. Some can handle more. Just gotta read the specs and run the calculations.

Am I right? Its been a while since I worked with LEDs.

 

[cnhoff]

This is really off topic, but a friend of mine has soldered some blue leds into his silver Siemens S35 mobile phone, looks damn nice.

But I guess most of you guys over there in the US don't know Siemens cellular phones anyway

 

[ManuTOmanU]

I don't have any spex, Just had that led flying around...

Hi to Munich...

Any way to find out?

OK I will just try...

 

[TheLeviathan]

RadioShak PN 276-311
5mm Blue LED
5v
30mA
300mcd

 

[boardtrick]

www.allelectronics.com ALL THE WAY....they are way cheaper than radio shack

 

[crazyjoekuta]

yea, those 1200 mcd's are NICE from allelectronics... i like their site too.

 

[smp]

I get mine from active surplus here in Toronto. If you live in Toronto.. go to active surplus on Queen st. east. East of city tv. The don't have the green ones though.. doh.

 

[chevelle396]

i would try and get them anywhere but radio shack, they charge 4 or 5 bucks per! bloody ripoff, man.