I need about 10 blue 3mm and 5mm blue LED's. Where's the best place to buy them locally?

I've heard bad things about Radio Shacks LEDs...so i'd rather not buy from them.

8/3/2005 2:28:29 PM

anyone?

8/3/2005 2:54:27 PM

always go online unless you need to have them asap - if asap i'd do radio shack

8/3/2005 2:57:38 PM

i'd like to pick them up today. I dont really wanna wait for them to come in the mail.

Are there any other stores like radio shack?

8/3/2005 2:59:06 PM

i dobut they sell blues at radio shack

but i don't see what it matters where you buy them, it isn't like they aren't all made by the same places.

8/3/2005 3:17:06 PM

yeah, that's what i was thinking too..but i just heard quite a few comments about how much radio shack leds suck. Dont know what the difference would be.

8/3/2005 3:22:57 PM

^^yeah, i'm pretty sure that there are only a few places that make LEDs.

8/3/2005 3:40:16 PM

bttt

8/3/2005 5:03:21 PM

I'm pretty sure Radio Shack does have blue LEDs. 99% positive infact (blue, red, white, yellow, and I think orange too) If you need them today.... RS is about your only hope since you need such a low count and you aren't a company (just an assumption). If you have time to wait DigiKey usually offers a bit of a discount for buying more than one.... other than that ... good luck finding them.

8/3/2005 5:22:27 PM

i just went to radioshack....almost $4 each....so i bought 3 led casefans...and i'm gonna harvest the leds from them. Total of $12 for 12 LEDs.

[Edited on August 3, 2005 at 6:45 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2005 6:18:31 PM

so help me out here

what's the urgent need for blue LEDs?

ricer meet tonight and you need your car to look like KITT's homosexual relative, or what?

[Edited on August 3, 2005 at 6:20 PM. Reason : I wasn't aware "urgency" and "blue LEDs" could occur in the same thought without the universe ending]

8/3/2005 6:20:09 PM

i'm making that "blue lighted butt plug" for you that you ordered from me, remember?

Who cares what i need them for. I just wanted some blue LEDs.

8/3/2005 6:45:22 PM

well you had to pay extra for the urgency

8/3/2005 7:03:40 PM

I think it's pretty fuckin obvious you are ricing something up. The fact that you do car stereo installs tells the story. Some douche bag wants you to rice his install up. Give him a dildo while you are at it.

8/3/2005 10:58:23 PM

i don't know how the prices compare with other online retailers, but we get a lot of stuff at work from http://www.digikey.com and http://www.mouser.com

... for future reference.

8/3/2005 11:10:17 PM

drive down to Cree in RTP and knock on the door

8/3/2005 11:40:54 PM

I put in some elevators out at cree. To get to the door and knock you need 2 forms of id, to get in you need a background check and on site drug test. Oh what a fun place to work.

8/3/2005 11:52:46 PM

nah, the only thing me doing car stereo installs has to do with this is that I like working with electronics.

I'm making a clock with an LED display.

[Edited on August 4, 2005 at 1:14 AM. Reason : .]

8/4/2005 1:05:19 AM

You should have made a clock that speaks the time

Johnny 5 could talk, and I think if Steve Guttenberg managed to make him you could do it.

8/4/2005 1:15:21 AM

dont have the first clue how to do that. I just found some nice schematics online and thought i'd give it a try.

Find me some schematics for the talkign clock and i'll do it, lol.

8/4/2005 1:16:42 AM

Find me some schematic for a Johnny and I'll have one wild adventure were I end up getting chased by some anal assface, stuff will get blown up, and I'll end up getting the chick.

8/4/2005 1:22:13 AM

lsdiodes.com

cheap prices, come fast and you get extra diodes for every 5 or so you buy

replaced the leds on my desktop, probably going to make some angel eyes for my car air vents, it's a nice touch

radioshack is WAAY overpriced and most people that work there think you're building a bomb (i get asked that, if i'd like to buy some batteries, and if i'd like to get a cell phone...everytime

online- digikey or mouser (haven't ordered from either, but they seem to have everything you could ever need

bob

8/4/2005 7:15:50 PM

Do you have something against closing your parantheses?

[Edited on August 4, 2005 at 7:28 PM. Reason : plural]

8/4/2005 7:27:38 PM

heh... I can harvest them off of our boards at work

blue LEDS are VERY popular with VIP's they dont' give a SHIT if the product works as long as the LEDS blink... if they are blue they nearly blow their load... its hillarious

8/4/2005 11:56:13 PM

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there ya go

bob

8/5/2005 10:58:12 PM