[Vadi]

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Originally Posted by Edwood I've been having alot of troubles with LED's lately. I think I've got some bad ones. This one is intermittent. I checked all the connections and everything is solid. But if I just turn on the amp and leave it be, the LED lights up fine. But sometimes it turns off for no reason. Didn't touch it or anything. Oh, well. I have to stop buying el cheapo LED's. -Ed

I read an LED's datasheet and it said the maximum lead solder temperature was 260 degrees C for five seconds. Maybe you overheated them?

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by Vadi I read an LED's datasheet and it said the maximum lead solder temperature was 260 degrees C for five seconds. Maybe you overheated them?

Wow.

Are LED's really that fragile?

Makes OP Amps look like tanks in comparison.

-Ed

 

[MisterX]

That is one of the reasons I like VCC solder less mounting system.
(quick change LEDs)
But I can't say that I have ever had a problem with overheating LEDs when soldering them before.

Were did you get them from Ebay?
Cause those are pretty reliable....

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by MisterX That is one of the reasons I like VCC solder less mounting system. (quick change LEDs) But I can't say that I have ever had a problem with overheating LEDs when soldering them before. Were did you get them from Ebay? Cause those are pretty reliable....

Most were brand new from Digikey, others were older ones I bought from various electronics parts stores locally.

-Ed

 

[MisterX]

That is odd...

Can I thread hi-jack you?

Anyone know a source in the US for a Conrad # 522945 - I5 ?

Like this
Sweet looking case but they don't ship to the US.

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by MisterX That is odd... Can I thread hi-jack you? Anyone know a source in the US for a Conrad # 522945 - I5 ? Like this Sweet looking case but they don't ship to the US.

Hijack away.

What did you put your Dynahi in? I want this case:

http://www.audiokit.it/ENG/Frames/Introduction1.htm

They've ignored my emails, so I'm guessing they won't ship to the USA.

-Ed

 

[steinchen]

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Originally Posted by MisterX That is odd... Can I thread hi-jack you? Anyone know a source in the US for a Conrad # 522945 - I5 ? Like this Sweet looking case but they don't ship to the US.

at http://www.reichelt.de you get it (order no "GEHÄUSE EG 2" ) for 8,25 EUR ( = $12), also very nice case: "GEHÄUSE EFG 1A". Don't know if reichelt ships to the US, shipping via German Post in an envelope should be around 10 EUR ( = $15 ), UPS 2 day delivery $45

 

[MisterX]

Ed:
I used a a pair of 3" tall 20 series par metals cases for the first two Dynahis.
If I had them to do over again I would prolly use those shiny ones with wooden side panels
(formated my system last week and forgot to back up my links folder as well)

That case is perfect though.

steinchen: thanks for the tip.
I was looking at that other case as well on the Conrad international site.
I just might just order a bunch of them at that price.

 

[steinchen]

just called reichelt.de (got an order running atm)
reichelt ships to the US, but:
minimum order 100 EUR
shipping (up to 10Kg) 73 EUR
fee for paying in advance 20 EUR (have to if outside Germany)
+0.8% insurance
-16% German tax
+ ??% US tax
+ $ ?? US bank fees for sending money to Germany

you could organize a group buy to split the 100 EUR ( = $150) shipping costs, small shipments should be handled by a German resident

 

[MisterX]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo I am group buyed out atm.

It's not a bad idea though
Maybe next month.

 

[doobooloo]

Wow! Very clean, nice job Edwood!

We should form Team Anal, or Team Anus or something like that.

 

[Vadi]

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Originally Posted by steinchen also very nice case: "GEHÄUSE EFG 1A"

That's superb!

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by doobooloo Wow! Very clean, nice job Edwood! We should form Team Anal, or Team Anus or something like that.

That just sounds wrong and right on so many levels.

-Ed

 

[doobooloo]

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Originally Posted by Edwood That just sounds wrong and right on so many levels. -Ed

Yeah, I didn't think about it when I posted it, but man, it's been bothering me the whole day.

 

[Icy006]

Don't worry, we're laughing with you.