changing LED?

[Mistymountainhop]

i have 2 TS-9's - unmodded... and i like the sound of them, and dont want to mod them to the ts-808 sound, incase i screw it up and then i would have to fork out for another ts-9...
BUT what i want to do, to differenciate from the 2 is makeover the one of them (new paint job, and diff color LED (purple)) would it be difficult (asin can i just swap the LED's) without any trouble from them?

is there any things i should know before hand?

cheers

Ste!

[smoguzbenjamin]

Nice rig! But yeah that's no problem, just make sure you orient the LED the right way round or it won't light. You might want to tinker with the current limiting resistor to increase or decrease the brightness though.

[Mike Burgundy]

if you can get the right size, it should mechanically be fine. There's a resistor in line with the LED and switching system  that should be higher if you use a high-yield LED (or lower if you use a less powerful one than the original, although I doubt thats possible)

[Mistymountainhop]

Nice rig! But yeah that's no problem, just make sure you orient the LED the right way round or it won't light. You might want to tinker with the current limiting resistor to increase or decrease the brightness though.

thanks!

http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/module.asp?CartID=040621155808364&moduleno=2047

would this work... and i sdont want to mess with any other limiters an stuff, but i wanna change the color, thats literally all im doing it for, not sound differences just the cosmetic difference so i know at a glance which pedal is which ona  darkened stage!

[smoguzbenjamin]

Yeah I know what you mean. One of those LEDs should do it, perhaps even without tinkering with the current limiting resistor.


The current limiting resistor is the resistor in series with the LED that determines how much current is passed through the resistor - and thus how bright the LED is. If a replacement LED is not bright enough, you can reduce that resistor to make the LED shine a little brighter. But if the led's in there and it looks fine you won't need to change the resistor in the first place.

[RDV]

I like the Peavey footswitch!  :wink:

RDV

[Mistymountainhop]

I like the Peavey footswitch!  :wink:

RDV

i sold that one for what i bought it for £19.99 and got a marshall mg one :$ i still have my original one, but something is wrong with it, i think the lead is foooked but i keep cutting it down to try and find a break int he wire but cant find anythign :S

[petemoore]

Mark one leg for polarity / orientation, or trust that there's a polatiry mark on the old LED. You could find it other ways I guess.

[Hal]

if im right, i think TS-9's have fairly high current limiting resistors...the jumbo red LED's they have are _very_ dim., at least on the new ones....

you might get little to no light with something like a purple one.  Colors like purple, blue, and white are newer technology, and ususally require more current....

you might have better luck with green or amber if you don't wanna change the resistor.  If not, it would be pretty easy to put a new resistor in paralell with the old one, if you dont wanna solder it out and replace it...

[Mistymountainhop]

if im right, i think TS-9's have fairly high current limiting resistors...the jumbo red LED's they have are _very_ dim., at least on the new ones....

you might get little to no light with something like a purple one.  Colors like purple, blue, and white are newer technology, and ususally require more current....

you might have better luck with green or amber if you don't wanna change the resistor.  If not, it would be pretty easy to put a new resistor in paralell with the old one, if you dont wanna solder it out and replace it...

yeah, i might go green and amber then... i like the greens, so a green led and an amber one might do me...

if theyre dimmed plastic they will shine better than the clear ones too...