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Surface Mount LEDs

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Posted by Mark R. on Saturday, March 5, 2011 7:29 PM

I buy mine from one of the Asian sellers on ebay. FIFTY of them in warm white, plus free shipping for only $9.99 !!!

I've bought from them numerous times and had them within a week. Excellent color rendition and not a bad one in the lot.

Mark.

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Posted by Owendubya on Friday, March 4, 2011 7:41 PM

Soldering SMDs (surface mounted diodes) requires a solder smaller than .032, a digital soldering iron set to 450-500 degrees and plenty of experience. a hobby pencil iron will not get hot enough or have the control to use on SMDs. glueing is the best alternative and there are some adhesives that will accept a circuit.

 

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Posted by cacole on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 10:20 AM

In addition to the sources already mentioned, surface mount LEds are available in many configurations from More LEDs and SuperBright LEDs.

http://www.moreleds.com

http://www.superbrightleds.com

 

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Posted by woodone on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 8:38 AM

Richmond Controls has surface mount LED's with small 6 inch wires attached.

A bunch easier that trying to solder your own wires to the LED's.  

Several DCC shops have inventory of these- One that I know about is Litchfield Station. 

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Posted by DigitalGriffin on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 9:48 PM

www.ngineering.com has an excellent selection.  They are ,8mm x 1 mm (2.8"x3.4" in ho)

They are also very hard to mount.  I like to glue them in place, then draw conductive paint to the leads (Commonly available at auto parts stores to fix rear window defroster lines)  I then paint over that.

Using a soldering pencil is a quick way to melt a diode given it's size. 

Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions

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Posted by wholeman on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 9:33 PM

I use these.  They come in different configurations.

http://www.ulrichmodels.biz/servlet/the-350/Miniature-Surface-Mount-LEDs/Detail

 

Will

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Surface Mount LEDs
Posted by Valleycrest RR on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 8:44 PM

Has anyone purchased any surface mount LEDs from an electronics supplier in the US.

What did you buy and where did you buy them. I think 603 LEDs are most suitable for model rr use. There are so many different ones, I would like an idea what works best.

Tom

 

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