Sven Franklyn Weil wrote:
In article , Lizard Blizzard wrote:


eventually burn out, too. So it would be wise to do the right thing and
replace them with LEDs, and they will last tens of thousands of hours.


I replaced a grain-of-wheat lightbulb for a clock-radio dial with one from
Radio Shack. The supply voltage is 5 volts so I bought a 12 volt bulb.

Imagine my surprise when these damned things are only rated for 15
hours!!!!

Are there any 5 volt LEDs around?

Any LED can be a 5 volt LED with an appropriate dropping resistor. ;-)

That being said, there *is* an LED rated for operation directly from a 5
volt line. Unfortunately, it's a flasher.

Cheers,
Fred
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"Fred Nachbaur" wrote in message
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That being said, there *is* an LED rated for operation directly from a 5
volt line. Unfortunately, it's a flasher.

Either blue or while LEDs have pretty high voltage. Of course, they
require current limiting, which requires an overhead of voltage...

Tim

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