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Message #01883
To: jason - evenflow88@hotmail.com; beam@corp.sgi.com beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Scott Martin a1a96566@bc.sympatico.ca
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 12:36 PM
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: FLED misery
>Hello Jason,
>
>Sorry to take so long to respond...I have used Green, Red, and
>Yellow FLED's all work pretty much the same. You might have to
>put some shrink tubing around the sides to shield it from unwanted
>light.
>When I want to check if an LED is a FLED or a common LED I hook
>up a small battery...if it flashes its a FLED if it just stays lite then
its
>a regular LED. Use two AA's...I use this method when my LED's get
>mixed up in my parts drawer.
>
>ScottyDogma
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jason -
>To: beam@corp.sgi.com
>Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 6:32 AM
>Subject: FLED misery
>
>
>>hie do u have any ideass how i could contact mR.scott martin the guy who
>>built komodo dragon...cause i want to ask him a lil bout his FLED
>>solarengines....the one he is using in the mosher bot and komodo dragon
>>is it a normal green LED or what...cause i went to an electronic store
>>and enquire for some FLED and the fella dont know what the heck i am
>>talking about...so i hope maybe he or u could give me whats the
>>difference between a LED and a FLED and how do they look like...i heard
>>from someone in the list saying that they consist of one black thing
>>inside...as i was searching for them in the electronic store the only
>>thing i could find with the small lil black chip inside is a transparent
>>case covered LED or FLED(i dont know) which emits a bright red
>>light...they have two flavors one emits green and the other red....care
>>to explain a bit detail whats their differences for me cause i couldnt
>>find any 1381 here and how do a FLED look like so i could tell that
>>stupid guy from the shop what a FLED is...thanks ...thanks a lot
>>
>>
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