If I were ever that paranoid, for even a second, I would get over it very quickly realizing that the LED is going to need a dropping resistor (and a diode). So hams include some of the most paranoid humans ever.?
On Sat, Oct 1, 2022, 11:47 AM William Barrett, KW1B via <wbarrett=
[email protected]> wrote:
Assembled Electro-Lords:
Ya know,? I saw those advertised somewhere a while back and a guy
who?I resepct for his technical savvy?said they were a bad idea. His
thesis was that LEDs occasionally go bad in a "short" mode, unlike
conventional bulbs that virtually always blow "open."? He said a
shorted LED could burn out the filiment winding on the power
transformer.? Sounded kinda hyper-picky to me; I never saw a
LED fail in?dead short mode, myself.? (..and I bin doin' this for
a few decades.)
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Was he right??
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If not, I have number of things I'd like color LEDs for the dials
and meters...
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(I sold the Drakes a while back, but the point remains.)
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? 73
KW1B
