Little light blue LED
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Joined: 04-19-2006
Posts: 166
From: MI
Originally Posted by SBHHR
RS has replacement LED? Did they have orange?
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Joined: 04-19-2006
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From: Arvada CO
Originally Posted by captain howdy
Make that the link from captain howdy! 
Man, I never get appreciated around this place. 
Man, I never get appreciated around this place. 
Went back through the whole thread and couldn't find it.
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Joined: 05-19-2006
Posts: 11
From: Fort Lauderdale,FL
I just removed my led light. Went to radio shack and i got a new one.My question is does it matter what way this little blue light goes back in? ref - or +. The guy at shack told me it does .I have no idea which way to put it b ack in.Thank you
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Joined: 10-14-2005
Posts: 9,121
From: Rochester,N.Y.
Originally Posted by cheezehead
I just removed my led light. Went to radio shack and i got a new one.My question is does it matter what way this little blue light goes back in? ref - or +. The guy at shack told me it does .I have no idea which way to put it b ack in.Thank you
Originally Posted by crazybob
Just a quick note for anyone else wanting to do this mod: An LED is polarity sensitive. The flat side of the LED or (if it has a) shorter lead it goes to (-). OR, if you can see inside the LED, the larger of the two electrodes goes to (-).
In the above pic, the top electrode is (+), and the bottom is (-).
It won't light up if you connect it backwards, and you can actually pop an LED sometimes when it is connected backwards.
In the above pic, the top electrode is (+), and the bottom is (-).
It won't light up if you connect it backwards, and you can actually pop an LED sometimes when it is connected backwards.