[Heath] Replacing dial lights with LEDS in SB-102

[Paul Dean]

Take a look at the replacements that KE9PQ manufactures for Drake gear.  They are blue, so they would not be appropriate for Heath gear unless you wanted to add the "Drake look", but look at the diffusing filter that he has designed.  I don't know if he would consider manufacturing a line of them with white LEDs, but might be worth an inquiry.  At the very least, the filter he uses looks interesting.  Of course, you will also need to keep the current balancing in mind as G3OOU notes. 
   
http://nationwide-radio--amp-amp-amp--eq-sales-llc.mybigcommerce.com/rl-drake-blue-led-single-4-line-pto-lamp/ 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Joseph Smalley via Heath" <heath at puck.nether.net> 
To: heath at puck.nether.net 
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2017 10:21:32 PM 
Subject: [Heath] Replacing dial lights with LEDS in SB-102 



I have posted this question once before about replacing the dial lights with LEDS got a few suggestions. 


One was using LEDS from the Superbrightleds company.  They make a great product. 


Unfortunately for me the LEDS I purchased do not project the light in the right direction towards the plastic 


circular dial.  These LEDS shine the light straight out and in the SB-102 that is down not at the circular dial. 


Has anyone used a different LED from this company that projects the light at a 90 degree angle which would be 



pointing at the edge of the circular dial.  If so what color did you use?  Was it Cool or Warm? 


I see a few on there website that may be what I need but I want to make sure it could be used successfully 


because those I purchased are not what I needed. 


I did interact with there technical people but not sure if they understood what I wanted to do. 


Any suggestions as I dont want to modify the SB-102 as I built it in 1972 and want to keep it stock. 


73  Joe WA3CKA 





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