If you are looking for LED lighting for a project, and want to keep it simple and cheep, try this wonder widget. "Sylvania LED series Battery-Operated LED Dome Lights" - 15 LEDs (all white, or multi colored) with a battery box and a built in effects programmer. For about $4.00 US. Most of the FX are just various on/off blinkies, but some are sequential (in groups of 3) and one is a quite nice fade on - fade off effect. Perfect for quick & dirty "Area 51 UFO" or Martian War Machine lighting. The box needs 3 AA batteries to operate.
For four bucks, with 8 lighting effects, it's worth a look. I got mine at Fleet & Farm up here in the woods, but most places that carry Syvania LED lights should have it.
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One more use. If you're doing a dio-wamma and need sequential lighting of runway marker lights, there are a couple 'a sequences that could work for you - in sets of 3 LEDs.
Lighting from one end, to the other, staying lit, then all going out at once.
Lighting from one end, to the other, staying lit, then going out in the reverse direction (rolling out a carpet of light, then rolling it back up).
Lighting from one end, to the other, staying lit, then all going out at once.
Lighting from one end, to the other, staying lit, then going out in the reverse direction (rolling out a carpet of light, then rolling it back up).
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Re: LED Wonder Widget - sort of
Where can one find these ? Target ? Walmart ?en'til Zog wrote:If you are looking for LED lighting for a project, and want to keep it simple and cheep, try this wonder widget. "Sylvania LED series Battery-Operated LED Dome Lights" - 15 LEDs (all white, or multi colored) with a battery box and a built in effects programmer. For about $4.00 US. Most of the FX are just various on/off blinkies, but some are sequential (in groups of 3) and one is a quite nice fade on - fade off effect. Perfect for quick & dirty "Area 51 UFO" or Martian War Machine lighting. The box needs 3 AA batteries to operate.
For four bucks, with 8 lighting effects, it's worth a look. I got mine at Fleet & Farm up here in the woods, but most places that carry Syvania LED lights should have it.
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Awesome find, I didn't see them on the actual Sylvania site but I found some other cool stuff.
http://assets.sylvania.com/assets/docum ... 38ecfe.pdf
LED table runner for a long string of white LED's
LED Placemats that utilize fiber optics, for $25 you get two with rechargable battery packs.
LED light sticks, the blue one might be perfect for lighting Nacels.
http://assets.sylvania.com/assets/docum ... 38ecfe.pdf
LED table runner for a long string of white LED's
LED Placemats that utilize fiber optics, for $25 you get two with rechargable battery packs.
LED light sticks, the blue one might be perfect for lighting Nacels.
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Hi, TREKKRIFFIC!
I'd check the Seasonal Decorative Lighting departments at any "Big Box" store near you. Wal-Mart and Target are good places to try. I just happened to find it at a local chain up here - Fleet & Farm "the Man's Mall".
Cool info, grayson72!
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I'd check the Seasonal Decorative Lighting departments at any "Big Box" store near you. Wal-Mart and Target are good places to try. I just happened to find it at a local chain up here - Fleet & Farm "the Man's Mall".
Cool info, grayson72!
More goodiez to model with, without the agony of solder burns in inconvenient places on the body. (I've learned to let the dropped soldering iron DROP - and to just get out of the way....)
Oops... it's Part # V1945 distributed by Inliten, LLC Glenview, Ill 60025 .
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