On Sunday, April 6, 2014 12:33:41 PM UTC-4, wrote:
This is probably going to sound like a non issue to most, and believe me that I would for the most part agree, but anyway my wife has some decorative battery powered "candles", which are basically a mock hollow decorated plastic candle with a hollow opaque tip and an LED inside. These things, I have to admit do actually look sort of rustic when viewed from a distance. The LED draws about 10ma at just over two volts. The LED also flickers, which gives a pleasing effect as well. The candle also has a timer function so that it will turn off automatically after a few hours to save the batteries. This is all great, except that my wife thinks that the "flame" is too orange. She really wants them to look just a little bit more yellow.



With the TV business practically in the toilet, I find that I have a lot more time on my hands these days, and so I'm able to devote more time to keeping the old lady happy if and when a "problem" like this should arise.



The LED that came with the candle is clear but lights up amber and flickers. I tried one of the type used in flashlights and it's too blue and produces a "cold" light. I tried a yellow colored one and it lights up too, (bright) yellow. I tried both blue and green food coloring on the clear one but that failed to yield the results I was looking for too.



She says that she can live without the flickering effect, but I think that if I can find the right color LED, if I convert this to low voltage AC I'll lose the timer but directly connected add a flicker to the LED.



For that matter it just occurred to me that if I abandon the LED idea completely and just convert the damn thing to low voltage line operation I can then use a small incandescent lamp, Like a # 47 for instance operating at 3.0 volts. I believe that would replicate the exact effect that she's looking for as a "flame". I can hard wire the things but I'd like to avoid this if possible and trying to operate the fixture on batteries with an incandescent lamp would not be practical so Retaining an LED of some sort would be a lot simpler.



I know, I have too much time on my hands. Thank the Chinese and the current crop of garbage they've been shipping over here for it. Does anyone know of a source for LED's in various different shades that might fit the bill for what I'm trying to do? Thanks, Lenny

Thanks for the candle links William. Some interesting stuff there. Lenny