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Addams bookcase infa red led , top of bookcase, now all sorted
- Thread starter Lee ellison
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Contact @pinballmania (www.pinballmania.co.uk) I'm sure he will be able to help.
Somewhere I posted the type of LED for these, easy to replace and cheap too. Let me take a look at how many I have at home, how many do you need?
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I me damaged at least 2, but it would be safer to replace all four , thanks for yr time
Thanks Carl , I,ll have a look , cheers lee
Take a picture of them with various camera's, you should see which ones light up.
PM your address and I will look to get some in the post tomorrow morning.
PM your address and I will look to get some in the post tomorrow morning.
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None of them are working , have you got the part no. For them ,I imagine they are available from maplins or the Tandy , thanks lee
If they are all down, could be something else, never known all 4 optos to burn out at the same time.
These are the ones that worked for me:
http://uk.farnell.com/osram/sfh486/ir-emitter-5mm-880nm/dp/1212759?Ntt=sfh486
http://uk.farnell.com/osram/sfh486/ir-emitter-5mm-880nm/dp/1212759?Ntt=sfh486
^^^ Wot he said.... Sounds like a cable issue....
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None of those will work. The first one is just a yellow led. The important bit is that they emit 880nm light. If they don't they'll be flaky at best and not work at worst. 940nm (your second link) is more common but will not work (unless you replace the reciever to match). The link calimori gave has free delivery so I'd just grab them from there (and in fact I did grab a load a few weeks ago!).
Have you checked your wiring though? Seems odd that all 4 have suddenly failed?
Have you checked your wiring though? Seems odd that all 4 have suddenly failed?
Sorry, Cali's link doesn't have free delivery. Cpc do. 30p each. Free delivery. Need to order in multiples of 5 though which isn't a massive hardship.
http://cpc.farnell.com/osram/sfh486/ir-emitter-5mm-880nm/dp/SC07716
http://cpc.farnell.com/osram/sfh486/ir-emitter-5mm-880nm/dp/SC07716
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Thanks for the advice , I was just hoping that somewhere local had them and I could go and pick some up today , yeh my wiring is ok , it was me who crushed all the led,s when I was putting the bookcase decals on ! Trying to take a shortcut !
Sorry, should have read the thread! You did mention that a few times!
I've never found a local supplier. Maplin don't do them in 880nm flavour. Apparently when these games were made 880nm was the standard but that changed to 940nm soon after. Most of what you'll did around are 940 and so not suitable for our purposes.
I've never found a local supplier. Maplin don't do them in 880nm flavour. Apparently when these games were made 880nm was the standard but that changed to 940nm soon after. Most of what you'll did around are 940 and so not suitable for our purposes.
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Thanks , can I change the emmiter and the " receiver" or what ever they are called to 940nm ?
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Panic over guys all working , I,ve oerdered some 880s , but in the meantime I bought some 940s , what the hell tried them in and Jackpot , all working now
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Update it has gone off again 