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    lights —James Beerman
   I'm trying to install lights into my town, but I don't want to buy the ones tlg sells. Does anyone know of the best alternative? I could buy LEDs for a low price, but I think they won't be bright enough. Jimmy (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: lights —Martin Legault
   (...) Hi, LED will do, use the "1 3/4" size the fit great into technic beams. Brightness depend on the current you allow the flow throw the led. In general 10 mA will work just fine. Current formula is C = T/R where T is the voltage and R the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: lights —Tom McDonald
   (...) <snipped math> (...) I have used 9V lighting. The math given sounds good. Adhere to it. If you're not math oriented like me, I've found that if you use 5 ordinary LEDs connected in series with each other using 9VDC they work fine. If you use (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: lights —James Beerman
   (...) LEDs (...) pneumatic (...) very (...) Thanks for the responses. I bought some bulbs and leds from radio shack last night and hooked them up. The led was a little dim. I guess I'll use a combination of leds and bulbs. Onfortunately, the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: lights —Christopher Masi
   I used "RadioShack" 12V bulbs and found that they are OK for train headlight applications, but they do not throw much light if you want street lamps to light your LEGO City. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
 

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