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Title: LED brightness and batteris
Post by: shingor64 on December 23, 2011, 07:05:33 AM

I started to play with Rogue5 last month.  It has blue LEDs on the side.
 
At first, the lights are too bright to me even blue needs only 3 batteries.  Then I got rid of one of them, so LED runs on 18V.  Because it's still bright, I tried 9V, but they didn't lit at all.  So, I put black small dots on each LED.  Lights can actually penetrate the paper seals and finally the brightness got appropriate level.
 
I would like LED run with single battery, if it's possible.  How can I do for?

Title: LED brightness and batteris
Post by: lbpesq on December 23, 2011, 07:12:05 AM

I don't know about using fewer batteries, but I had a similar experience in that when I first took delivery on my custom Further, Woody, I found the side LEDs to be too bright for me.  Alembic quickly installed a dimmer switch for me.  Since I tend to find one setting I like and leave it there, we put the dimmer switch in the control cavity so I didn't need to have another hole drilled in the top.  It works great.
 
Bill, tgo

Title: LED brightness and batteris
Post by: keith_h on December 23, 2011, 07:23:15 AM

Yes the blue LED's are quite bright. You can do as Bill suggested or if you are handy with a soldering iron you can increase the size of the resistor that is in series with the LED's. Try doubling them then tripling, etc until you find a brightness you like.  
 
Keith

Title: LED brightness and batteris
Post by: shingor64 on December 23, 2011, 07:40:50 AM

Thanks Bill, thanks Keith,
 
Actually, what in my head is reducing some weight but I will try increasing resistor value fast.
 
Shinichiro

Title: LED brightness and batteris
Post by: shingor64 on December 23, 2011, 07:43:42 AM

sorry!
 
I mean first.
and batteries on the title