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Offline bobbarley

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #10 on: 26 February 2008, 21:48 »
Soldering is pretty easy, just be very careful.

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #11 on: 26 February 2008, 21:50 »
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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #12 on: 26 February 2008, 21:51 »
I have some led's and resistors oh and some spare switches! haven't got a solder gun tho!  Should i ever have time I might have a go??
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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #13 on: 26 February 2008, 21:56 »
i got a solder gun kit (has a tripod, magnify glass, some kind of sucker/syringe thingy) just dunno how to use the friggin thing.... :grin:

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #14 on: 26 February 2008, 21:57 »
i got a solder gun kit (has a tripod, magnify glass, some kind of sucker/syringe thingy) just dunno how to use the friggin thing.... :grin:

you turn it on.... wait 5 minutes ...and then burn your self shortly before throwing it out the window!   or is that just me?
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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #15 on: 26 February 2008, 21:58 »
i got a solder gun kit (has a tripod, magnify glass, some kind of sucker/syringe thingy) just dunno how to use the friggin thing.... :grin:

you turn it on.... wait 5 minutes ...and then burn your self shortly before throwing it out the window!   or is that just me?

I left it on in the workshop when i was at college and burnt a whole load of bits!

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #16 on: 26 February 2008, 21:58 »
Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #17 on: 26 February 2008, 22:01 »
Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #18 on: 26 February 2008, 22:02 »
Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)

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They don't do 3mm 12v LED's in blue, just every other colour.

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Re: led switches.... for us lazy people who dont like to solder
« Reply #19 on: 26 February 2008, 22:10 »
Finding good LED's on eBay is the hard bit :)

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They don't do 3mm 12v LED's in blue, just every other colour.

DOH!. ebay it is then.