Hi Ted
May I suggest several things.

1. those square switches can probably b had with built in indicators that
are part of the rocker.

2. Both neon and LEDs require a ballast resister which with out they will
meet their demise before the intended time. Also since a LED is as its name
would imply, a diode and therefore conducts only on one half of a cycle
unless you wish to use a bridge rectifier with it.

3. Also I would advise that you should be certain that the combined devices
meet applicable safety regulations.

3. A good place to find all sorts of electronic parts would be Allied
Electronics which was or is part of Radio Shack. If you look around on
their web site you should find a page with menu that allows you to order
their phone book size catalog, which I received for free about 6 months ago.

Cheers.. Al


"Ted Swirsky" wrote in message
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I can't believe it's so hard to find simple parts any more. Radio Shack
seems to have become worthless in the past few years.

I installed a 120V neon indicator (pilot) lamp in some of my wall switches
to tell me when an outside or otherwise unseen light is on. Seems like
these little neon lights get dimmer over time until they are worthless.

I've heard of 120V LED pilot lights. Are they much better than the neon
ones?

I'm looking for a known mail order supplier who will sell me only two or
three at a reasonable price and not kill me on shipping. I'm surprised I
didn't see them on the Hosfelt Electronics site. I've found them on some
other sites but the prices seemed kind of high to me. I thought someone
here would know of some good suppliers.

I'd just buy a switch with a pilot light, but some of the places I
installed them are double wall switches (two in a group) and are of the
fancy rectangle switch kind instead of the older toggle switch. I just
drilled a hole in the switch place between the two switches for the lamp.

Any help or comments or alternate ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Ted