AblebakercharlieThe best and easiest solution is to use a bi-color LED. I have 12v bi-color LED's and I can solder them right in and be good to go. It really is the most elegant solution and I am being silly for not accepting it as such.
Just remember that green does not mean go!
CSX Robert Just remember that green does not mean go!
Ablebakercharlie Thank you Mel and CSX Robert, Yes, polarity mismatch would have been a mutch better title for my question. If I was more experienced I probably would have used that title. But if I was more experienced I probably wouldn't have asked the question in the first place. The easiest solution is to use a bi-color LED as I have 12v bi-color LED's and I can solder them right in and be good to go. Maybe I am being silly for not originally being happy with accepting two different colors to mean the same thing. I still have to decide if that is going to annoy me if I put them on the control panel. The most elegant is surely Mel's and he has suggested to me a way to go about that. But I had to ask it there was another solution. It would have gnawed at me if I didn't. Hopefully we can put this thread to rest. I am a satisfied customer.
Yes, polarity mismatch would have been a mutch better title for my question.
If I was more experienced I probably would have used that title. But if I was more experienced I probably wouldn't have asked the question in the first place.
The easiest solution is to use a bi-color LED as I have 12v bi-color LED's and I can solder them right in and be good to go. Maybe I am being silly for not originally being happy with accepting two different colors to mean the same thing. I still have to decide if that is going to annoy me if I put them on the control panel.
The most elegant is surely Mel's and he has suggested to me a way to go about that.
But I had to ask it there was another solution. It would have gnawed at me if I didn't.
Hopefully we can put this thread to rest. I am a satisfied customer.
Rich
Alton Junction
richhotrain I have followed this thread with interest, but I have not contributed since I am not a DC guy. So, when I saw your PM comment, I was disappointed that a solution to your issue might not become public. I do understand how you felt about the nature of the responses that you were getting.
I am a DC guy, and I am staying out of this one.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
CSX RobertJust remember that green does not mean go!
This came up as an issue in the wake of Three Mile Island where the semantics of emergency response were confused. One response in ITU group R10 was to provide repeaters for the remote valves that displayed 'correct' position as red and green (or yellow for transition) with blink modulation for more information, independent of the flow circuit meaning. Note that all the aspects were achievable with one bicolor LED per valve...