Hi i would like techs opinions on LED's that blink red ,blue,yellow green, or what ever colors that would look good in a big boy fire box for realism of a glowing flickering fire box, want it to look very realistic and work great hopefully 3mm size unless you have a better ideas.
AlanP.S. which sight would be the best, i have looked at mouser, and digikey,any others let me know and the parts numbers for these devies
Thanks for any help you can supply
Alan
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I use 5mm flickering LED's in the yellow, orange, and red ranges. The bottom of this page has bare flickering LED's for 22 cents: 5mm Flickering LEDs
Thanks John, ill look into it, for my big boy fire box!
Alan
John do you usually only use one led on the firebox or more then 1 and where do you usually mount them for best effect on lightening flickering most natural flames!
Alan
I use two or three, whatever will fit in the space and be visible. I vary the colors so the flames look more natural.
do you use the same colors for all 3 LED's and how many ma's do they draw total for 3 leds
Alan
I use different colors, red, orange, yellow in various combos. I play with them in the firebox window until I like what I see.
They can draw up to 20ma each, but the current limiting you use will determine the actual current draw. They work fine on lower currents, experiment to see what you like. They MUST have filtered DC as the circuit that provides the flickering needs steady power, same as a blinking LED.
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