Hi.
I have a burned out pr4 bulb.
I have a 3600 output blue led 3.7v.
I got the idea to bust the glass and solder the
led in.
Yeah, its pretty hard to do.
are there any mini connectors I can get to crimp and attach two wires
so tiny.

Obviously I'm doing this because I'm a hopeless old geek, not to save
money or have a magically wonderful flashlight when I'm done.

Can someone recommend a way to attach the led to the old socket so I
can put it back into the orginal flashlight?

thanks for your kindess and ideas

Jeff Kish wrote:
[...]burned out pr4 bulb[...]blue led 3.7v
[...]have a magically wonderful flashlight when I'm done.
[...]attach the led to the old socket[...]

This isn't really a *repair* question.

You've overlooked a number of things
--mainly how to control the current in the LED.
Here's a guy who has thought through the associated issues:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...ht.a.white.LED

The LED has to be properly biased with the proper value of series resistor
its specs.

Go to a hardware centre, and buy a replacement LED for flashlights. You
have to know the bulb type and the number of batteries and volts it uses.

--

JANA
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"Jeff Kish" wrote in message
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Hi.
I have a burned out pr4 bulb.
I have a 3600 output blue led 3.7v.
I got the idea to bust the glass and solder the
led in.
Yeah, its pretty hard to do.
are there any mini connectors I can get to crimp and attach two wires
so tiny.

Obviously I'm doing this because I'm a hopeless old geek, not to save
money or have a magically wonderful flashlight when I'm done.

Can someone recommend a way to attach the led to the old socket so I
can put it back into the orginal flashlight?

thanks for your kindess and ideas

On Oct 20, 4:48 pm, Jeff Kish wrote:
Hi.
I have a burned out pr4 bulb.
I have a 3600 output blue led 3.7v.
I got the idea to bust the glass and solder the
led in.
Yeah, its pretty hard to do.
are there any mini connectors I can get to crimp and attach two wires
so tiny.

Obviously I'm doing this because I'm a hopeless old geek, not to save
money or have a magically wonderful flashlight when I'm done.

Can someone recommend a way to attach the led to the old socket so I
can put it back into the orginal flashlight?

thanks for your kindess and ideas

only a ****** would want 2 do what u want 2 do go get a life and a gf
you sad pathetic loser ******.

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:35:56 -0700, JeffM wrote:

Jeff Kish wrote:
[...]burned out pr4 bulb[...]blue led 3.7v
[...]have a magically wonderful flashlight when I'm done.
[...]attach the led to the old socket[...]

This isn't really a *repair* question.

You've overlooked a number of things
--mainly how to control the current in the LED.
Here's a guy who has thought through the associated issues:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache...ht.a.white.LED
thanks.
I'm technically repairing the bulb.
It is just a little project that will force me to learn
a little about something I know little about.
regards