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Title: Those little black things that lock around LED's
Post by: zpyder on August 23, 2006, 02:59:39 PM
Anyone know where I can find these on mouser or what they might be called?  Or just LED's from mouser that come with them?

thanks!! cheers
zpyder
Title: Re: Those little black things that lock around LED's
Post by: Pushtone on August 23, 2006, 03:08:03 PM
I have a bag of these from mouser.
Their for the small LEDs, 3/4 size I think.
I'll post the part number when I get home from work if someone doesn't beat me to it.

About installing them...
The plastic is so soft that my thumb nail was putting a deep mark in the little black thing.
I found that a BIC ball point pen with the ball point and ink tube removed make a great pusher to install them.
The tapered part of the tip fits the LED and pushes on the little black thing ring.
Title: Re: Those little black things that lock around LED's
Post by: Seljer on August 23, 2006, 03:08:09 PM
something along the lines of this: http://www.mouser.com/search/Refine.aspx?Ne=1447464+254016+1118567+254255&N=1323038+4294822754+254255+0&GetRecs=1&Ns=P_SField&Msb=0&RefType=Header
Title: Re: Those little black things that lock around LED's
Post by: ubersam on August 23, 2006, 03:13:03 PM
For T1 3/4 (5mm) LEDS, I bought these:
Mounting Clip (Mouser #593-CLP125)
Retaining Ring (Mouser #593-RNG268)
Title: Re: Those little black things that lock around LED's
Post by: Pushtone on August 23, 2006, 10:47:02 PM
The ones I have from mouser seem to be discontinued, part # 351-0001.

This seems to be the replacement
http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntt=696-SSH-LX3050 (http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntt=696-SSH-LX3050)

Simple form of LED panel mount with nothing on the inside.

I drill a 5/32 sized hole for these for a tight fit, hence the need for the BIC pen tube as a pusher tool.
Title: Re: Those little black things that lock around LED's
Post by: burnt fingers on August 24, 2006, 01:06:14 AM
I pick em up at the Rat Shack.  One of the few usefull things they have there.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062558&cp=&pg=3&origkw=led&kw=led&parentPage=search

Scott
Title: Re: Those little black things that lock around LED's
Post by: 343 Salty Beans on August 24, 2006, 01:27:04 AM
Rat Shack has some metal ones too that look quite a bit fancier, if a tad more expensive. If you're like me and the looks of your pedal are really important, it would be wise to get the metal ones.