Ditch light instalation

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Mark it looks like you deal in some considerable volumes of LEDs here. Is there a preferred store that you are buying these from? The Richmond Controls sight looks pretty archaic and difficult to order from.
 
NWCanuck said:
Mark it looks like you deal in some considerable volumes of LEDs here. Is there a preferred store that you are buying these from? The Richmond Controls sight looks pretty archaic and difficult to order from.
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I get all my LEDs from EBay as I found out that they are the cheapest. I got lucky with the round white ones and got 2 3000pc rolls for a nice price. There is a guy that sells Warm White LEDs in various SMD sizes for a good price to. The warm ones ended up being 10 cents each so I bought 1000 to tinker with. They are from Hong Kong and arrived quickly seller is bestshop2008hk. Its a lot better then paying between $2.00 - $3.00 per LED like some of the US sites are charging. I use the 0603 size for my installs. Below are some pics of 2 different LEDs the smaller square one being a 0603 size.

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Mark that traffic cone looks great. And thanks for the link to the seller. I think you lucked out with the round 0603's, it seems like the norm are the square ones.
 
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NWCanuck said:
Mark that traffic cone looks great. And thanks for the link to the seller. I think you lucked out with the round 0603's, it seems like the norm are the square ones.
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The round ones are not 0603's the number represents the size as in the following, these are the most common sizes for LEDs.

0402 : 0.040" × 0.020" (1.0 mm × 0.5 mm)
0603 : 0.063" × 0.031" (1.6 mm × 0.8 mm)
0805 : 0.080" × 0.050" (2.0 mm × 1.25 mm)
1206 : 0.126" × 0.063" (3.2 mm × 1.6 mm)
 
Do you use the square ones in your ditch light applications? What are the round ones called, I can't seem to find those ones anywhere? If you are running this as a buismess as far as light installations and don’t want to divulge your source I understand. I am hammering you with questions so I apologize.:D
 
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Yes that applies to everyone. Just EMail me with what you have and what you want. I will usually reply to EMails quicker them PM's.
 


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