---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 05/02/11: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:28 AM - Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise (Eric M. Jones) 2. 05:39 AM - Re: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise (James Kilford) 3. 05:45 AM - Re: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise (Tim Olson) 4. 05:45 AM - Re: Cad programs (Eric M. Jones) 5. 05:58 AM - Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise (Eric M. Jones) 6. 07:40 AM - Re: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise (RGent1224@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:28:41 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise From: "Eric M. Jones" My philosophy is that changing to an LED strip is the easy way to go. You can fix the EL problems, but does it make sense? -------- Eric M. Jones www.PerihelionDesign.com 113 Brentwood Drive Southbridge, MA 01550 (508) 764-2072 emjones@charter.net Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=338625#338625 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:39:19 AM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise From: James Kilford Eric, you might well be right -- I was looking on ebay last night, and you can buy a reel of SMD LEDs, about 5m overall, for about 20 or so... Seems like pretty good value to me. What's the best way to dim them though? I guess they're pretty bright to start off with. James On 2 May 2011 13:25, Eric M. Jones wrote: > > My philosophy is that changing to an LED strip is the easy way to go. You can fix the EL problems, but does it make sense? > > -------- > Eric M. Jones > www.PerihelionDesign.com > 113 Brentwood Drive > Southbridge, MA 01550 > (508) 764-2072 > emjones@charter.net > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=338625#338625 > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:45:50 AM PST US From: Tim Olson Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise That's exactly what I did when I had the same issue. Those EL lights aren't the quietest things. The LED's are quiet though. Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD do not archive On 5/2/2011 7:25 AM, Eric M. Jones wrote: > --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Eric M. Jones" > > My philosophy is that changing to an LED strip is the easy way to go. You can fix the EL problems, but does it make sense? > > -------- > Eric M. Jones > www.PerihelionDesign.com > 113 Brentwood Drive > Southbridge, MA 01550 > (508) 764-2072 > emjones@charter.net > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=338625#338625 > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:45:50 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: Cad programs From: "Eric M. Jones" Turbocad is a good way to go. I think it hooks to a CadCam package too for CNC. A word on learning software--don't throw away the manual, but don't read it either. Instead, start drawing something you want, and refer to the manual when you need to. When you've advanced (with some struggling) just a little way, you can sit down with the manual and try each and every basic function on screen. I have found it instructive for newcomers to invent every way to draw a circle. Keep them as a collection on a separate drawing. PS: I use DesignCad, but if they vanish, I'd use TurboCad. BRLCad looks neat, but not for newcomers. If cost were not an issue, Solidworks might be what I'd use. -------- Eric M. Jones www.PerihelionDesign.com 113 Brentwood Drive Southbridge, MA 01550 (508) 764-2072 emjones@charter.net Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=338627#338627 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 05:58:21 AM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise From: "Eric M. Jones" I didn't mean surface mount leds, but LED ribbons or "flexstrips". Ebay has them as well as Deal Extreme (my favorite). There is a mistaken idea that LEDs need Pulse-Width-Modulation or Quantum Heisenberg Compensators or some such....all untrue. Dimming them is just a matter of changing the dc voltage to them. Any dimmer, even a resistor, zener or potentiometer will do. -------- Eric M. Jones www.PerihelionDesign.com 113 Brentwood Drive Southbridge, MA 01550 (508) 764-2072 emjones@charter.net Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=338629#338629 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 07:40:25 AM PST US From: RGent1224@aol.com Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: EL lighting-wire causing noise Cruising around on E-Bay I've seen dimmers for the led light strips and have always thought I need to get them for the plane. Time will tell Dick #606/N20DG In a message dated 5/2/2011 7:40:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time, james@etravel.org writes: --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: James Kilford Eric, you might well be right -- I was looking on ebay last night, and you can buy a reel of SMD LEDs, about 5m overall, for about =A320 or so... Seems like pretty good value to me. What's the best way to dim them though? I guess they're pretty bright to start off with. James On 2 May 2011 13:25, Eric M. Jones wrote: > --> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Eric M. Jones" > > My philosophy is that changing to an LED strip is the easy way to go. You can fix the EL problems, but does it make sense? > > -------- > Eric M. Jones > www.PerihelionDesign.com > 113 Brentwood Drive > Southbridge, MA 01550 > (508) 764-2072 > emjones@charter.net > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=338625#338625 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.